1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Na Rawiri. Ko Ihowa taku e whakawhirinaki ai: he aha koutou ka mea ai ki toku wairua, rere a manu atu ki to koutou maunga?
1To the Overseer. — By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird?
2Nana, kua whakapikoa te kopere e te hunga kino, e whakatikaia ana a ratou pere ki te aho, hei perenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te hunga ngakau tika.
2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
3Ki te wawahia nga turanga ake, me pehea te tangata tika?
3When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous — what hath he done?
4¶ Kei tona temepara tapu a Ihowa, kei te rangi te torona o Ihowa: e titiro ana ona kanohi, e whakamatautau ana ona kamo i nga tama a te tangata.
4`Jehovah [is] in his holy temple: Jehovah — in the heavens [is] His throne. His eyes see — His eyelids try the sons of men.
5E whakamatautau ana a Ihowa i te tangata tika: a e kinogia ana e tona wairua te tangata kino me te tangata e aroha ana ki te tutu.
5Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
6Ka uaina e ia ki runga ki te hunga kino he mahanga, he ahi, he whanariki, he awha tuaikerekere: ko te wahi tena mo to ratou kapu.
6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.
7No te mea he tika a Ihowa, e aroha ana ki te tika; ka kite te hunga tika i tona kanohi.
7For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!`