1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Aratakiti. He himene, he waiata na Ahapa. Ka whakawhetai tonu matou ki a koe, e te Atua; ka whakawhetai tonu matou, kei te tata mai hoki tou ingoa: e korerotia ana e te tangata au mahi whakamiharo.
1To the Overseer. — `Destroy not.` — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.
2Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
2When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.
3Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera.
3Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
4I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.
4I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,` And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.`
5Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.
5Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)
6¶ No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
6For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.
7Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.
7But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.
8Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowa he kapu, pahuka tonu te waina; ki tonu, whakananu rawa, hei ringihanga mana: ko nga nganga ia, ma te hunga kino katoa o te whenua e tatau, e inu.
8For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
9Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
9And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10A ka kotia e ahau nga haona katoa o te hunga kino: ka whakaarahia ake ia nga haona o te tangata tika.
10And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!