¹¶ He himene, he waiata mo te ra Hapati. He mea pai te whakawhetai ki a Ihowa, te himene atu ki tou ingoa, e te Runga Rawa:

¹A Psalm. — A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,

²Te whakakite i tou atawhai i te ata, i tou pono i nga po katoa;

²To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.

³I runga i te aho tekau, i te hatere; i te tangi huatau a te hapa.

³On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

⁴Nau hoki ahau, e Ihowa, i whakahari ki tau mahi: ka whakamanamana ahau ki nga meatanga a ou ringa.

⁴For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

⁵Ano te nui o au mahi, e Ihowa! hohonu rawa ou whakaaro.

⁵How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

⁶Ko te tangata poauau, kahore ia e matau; kahore hoki tenei e mohiotia e te kuware.

⁶A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; —

⁷¶ Kia pihi ake nga whakaarokore ano he tarutaru, a kia tupu nga kaimahi katoa i te kino; he ngaromanga tena no ratou ake ake;

⁷When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity — For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

⁸Ko koe ia, e Ihowa, kei runga rawa ake ake.

⁸And Thou [art] high to the age, O Jehovah.

⁹Na, ko ou hoa whawhai, e Ihowa, na, ko ou hoa whawhai, ka ngaro; ka marara katoa nga kaimahi i te kino.

⁹For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity.

¹⁰Otira ka ara i a koe toku haona, ka pera i to te kau maka: ka whakawahia ahau ki te hinu hou.

¹⁰And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹Ka kite hoki toku kanohi i taku i hiahia ai ki runga ki oku hoariri, ka rongo oku taringa i taku i hiahia ai o te hunga kino e whakatika ana mai ki ahau.

¹¹And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

¹²Ka rite te tupu o te tangata tika ki to te nikau; ka rite tona nui ki to te hita i Repanona.

¹²The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

¹³Ko te hunga i whakatokia ki te whare o Ihowa ka tupu ki nga marae o to tatou Atua.

¹³Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.

¹⁴Ka whai hua tonu ratou ua hina: ki tonu i te wai, matomato tonu;

¹⁴Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

¹⁵Hei whakakite i te tika o Ihowa: ko ia toku kohatu, kahore hoki ona he.

¹⁵To declare that upright [is] Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!