1¶ He waiata; he pikitanga. I tangi, ahau ki a Ihowa i toku matenga; a i whakahoki kupu mai ia ki ahau.
1A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
2E Ihowa, whakaorangia toku wairua i te ngutu teka, i te arero hianga.
2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
3Ko te aha e hoatu ki a koe? ko te aha hoki e tapiritia atu mau, e te arero hianga?
3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
4Ko nga pere koi a te hunga nunui, me nga waro hunipa.
4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
5¶ Aue, toku mate, to te manene i Meheke, toku hoki e noho nei i nga teneti o Kerara!
5Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
6Kua roa te nohoanga tahitanga o toku wairua ki te tangata e kino ana ki te ata noho.
6Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
7Mo te ata noho ahau, engari ka korero ahau, ka anga ratou ka whawhai.
7I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!