¹¶ Ko te tangata kei te wahi ngaro o te Runga Rawa tona kainga, ka noho ia i raro i te taumarumarutanga o te Kaha Rawa.

¹He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

²Ka kiia e ahau a Ihowa, Ko ia toku piringa, toku pa, toku Atua, ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia.

²He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,`

³Mana hoki koe e whakaora i te mahanga a te kaihopu manu, i te mate nanakia.

³For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

⁴Ka hipokina koe e ia ki ona hou, a ka piri koe ki raro i ona pakau: ko tona pono hei whakangungu rakau, hei puapua mou.

⁴With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth.

⁵E kore koe e wehi i te mea whakamataku i te po: i te pere e rere ana i te awatea.

⁵Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

⁶I te mate uruta e rere ana i te pouri: i te whakangaromanga e whakangaro ana i te poutumarotanga.

⁶Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

⁷He mano te hinga ki tou taha, tekau hoki nga mano ki tou matau; otiia e kore e tata ki a koe.

⁷There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

⁸Ka titiro kau ou kanohi, ka matakitaki ki te utu mo te hunga kino.

⁸But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

⁹¶ Ko koe hoki, e Ihowa, toku piranga! kua waiho e koe te Runga Rawa hei nohoanga mou:

⁹(For Thou, O Jehovah, [art] my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

¹⁰Kahore he kino e pa ki a koe, kahore ano he whiu e tata ki tou teneti.

¹⁰Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,

¹¹Ka korerotia iho hoki koe e ia ki ana anahera kia tiakina koe i ou ara katoa.

¹¹For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

¹²Ma ratou koe e hiki ake ki o ratou ringa, kei tutuki tou waewae ki te kohatu.

¹²On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

¹³Ka haere koe i runga i te raiona, i te neke: ka takahia e koe ki raro te kuao raiona me te nakahi.

¹³On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

¹⁴Ka whakaora ahau i a ia, mona i aroha ki ahau; maku ia e whakateitei ake, mona i matau ki toku ingoa.

¹⁴Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him — I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

¹⁵Ka karanga ia ki ahau, a ka whakahoki kupu ahau ki a ia: ka tata ahau ki a ia i te wa o te he; maku ia e whakaora, maku ano ia e whakahonore.

¹⁵He doth call Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

¹⁶Ka whakaroaina e ahau ona ra, a na noa ia: ka whakakitea hoki taku whakaoranga ki a ia.

¹⁶With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!