¹¶ He aha ka nana ai nga tauiwi, ka whakaaro horihori ai nga iwi?

¹Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

²Whakatika mai ana nga kingi o te whenua, runanga tahi ana nga ariki, ki te whawhai ki a Ihowa, ki tana tangata hoki i whakawahi ai; me te ki ano,

²Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

³Kia motumotuhia e tatou a raua here, kia akiritia a raua taura i a tatou.

³`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.`

⁴Ko ia kei te rangi e noho ana, ka kata ia: ka whakahi te Ariki ki a ratou.

⁴He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

⁵Na ka korero ia ki a ratou me te riri ano: ka tino weriweri hoki, ka whakahorere i a ratou,

⁵Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

⁶Ahakoa ra ka whakawahia e ahau taku kingi ki runga ki taku maunga tapu, ki Hiona.

⁶`And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.`

⁷¶ Maku e whakapuaki te kupu, kua mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Ko koe taku tama, nonaianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau.

⁷I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

⁸Inoi ki ahau, a ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe nga tauiwi hei kainga mou, me nga topito o te whenua hei nohoanga tupu mou.

⁸Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

⁹Ka wawahi koe i a ratou ki te whiu rino, mongamonga noa ratou i a koe, ano he oko na te kaihanga rihi.

⁹Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.`

¹⁰¶ Na kia mahara ra, e nga kingi: kia akona, e nga kaiwhakawa o te whenua.

¹⁰And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

¹¹Mahi atu ki a Ihowa i runga i te wehi, kia hari me te wiri.

¹¹Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

¹²Kihia te tama kei riri ia, a ka mate koutou i te ara, ka hohoro tonu hoki te mura o tona riri. Ka hari katoa te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

¹²Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!