1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Aratakiti. He Mikitama na Rawiri, i a Haora i tono tangata hei tiaki mo te whare, hei whakamate mona. Whakaorangia ahau, e toku Atua, i oku hoariri: whakateiteitia ake ahau i te hunga e whakatika ana ki ahau.
1To the Overseer. — `Destroy not,` by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul`s sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
2Whakaorangia ahau i nga kaimahi i te kino: kia ora ahau i te hunga toto.
2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
3Kei te whanga nei hoki ratou mo toku wairua: e whakamine ana te hunga kaha ki te whawhai ki ahau; kahore nei oku tutu, kahore oku hara, e Ihowa.
3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
4Hore oku kino, oma ana ratou, kei te takatu: e ara hei awhina moku, titiro mai hoki.
4Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
5Ae ra, maranga, e Ihowa, e te Atua o nga mano, e te Atua o Iharaira, tirohia iho nga tauiwi katoa: kaua e tohungia tetahi o te hunga kino, e poka ke nei. (Hera.
5And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
6Ka hoki mai ratou i te ahiahi, kei te tau, ano he kuri, taiawhiotia ana e ratou te pa.
6They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
7Nana, kei te kupa o ratou mangai, he hoari kei o ratou ngutu: ki ta ratou, ko wai e rongo?
7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?`
8¶ Ko tau ia, e Ihowa, he kata ki a ratou: hei tawainga mau nga tauiwi katoa.
8And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
9E toku kaha, ka tatari ahau ki a koe: ko te Atua hoki toku pa.
9O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness.
10Kei mua i ahau toku Atua aroha: ma te Atua ahau ka kite i taku i hiahia ai ki oku hoariri.
10God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
11Kaua ratou e whakamatea, kei wareware toku iwi: kia whakamararatia ratou e tou kaha; whakataka iho ratou, e te Ariki, e to matou whakangungu rakau.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12Mo te hara o to ratou mangai, mo nga kupu a o ratou ngutu, hopukia ratou i runga i to ratou whakakake, mo ta ratou korero, he kanga, he teka.
12The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
13Whakamotitia i runga i te riri, kia kahore ai ratou: a kia matau ratou ko te Atua te Kawana o Hakopa puta noa ki nga pito o te whenua. (Hera.
13Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
14I te ahiahi tukua ratou kia hoki, tukua ratou kia tau, ano he kuri, kia taiawhio ratou i te pa.
14And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
15Ka kopikopiko noa ratou ki te rapu kai, a ka tauwhanga i te po roa ina kore ratou e makona.
15They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur.
16Ko ahau ia, ka waiatatia e ahau tou kaha; ae, i te ata ka hamamatia e ahau tau mahi toku: ko koe hoki toku pa, toku piringa i te ra o toku pouri.
16And I — I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
17Ka himene ahau ki a koe, e toku kaha: ko te Atua nei hoki toku pa, toku Atua aroha.
17O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!