1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
1To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.` What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
2E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
3E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera.
3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
4E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera.
5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
6¶ E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
6And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
7Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.
7`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.`
8Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
8And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
9Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.
9I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!