¹¶ E Ihowa, e te Atua, e te Kairapu utu; e te Atua, e te Kairapu utu, tiaho mai.

¹God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

²E ara, e te Kaiwhakawa o te whenua: hoatu te utu e rite ana ki te hunga whakakake.

²Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

³Kia pehea te roa, e Ihowa, o te hunga kino nei, kia pehea te roa o te hunga kino e whakamanamana ana?

³Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

⁴Kei te korero whakatu ratou, kei te korero whakahi: kei te korero whakapehapeha ki a ratou nga kaimahi katoa i te kino.

⁴They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

⁵Mongamonga noa tau iwi i a ratou, e Ihowa: e tukinotia ana e ratou tou kainga tupu.

⁵Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

⁶E patua ana e ratou te pouaru, te manene: e kohuru ana i te pani.

⁶Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

⁷A e mea ana, E kore a Ihowa e kite; e kore e maharatia e te Atua o Hakopa.

⁷And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.`

⁸Kia matau, e nga poauau o te iwi: a hea ano koutou whai mahara ai, e nga kuware?

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁹Ko te kaiwhakato o te taringa, e kore ranei ia e rongo? Ko te kaihanga o te kanohi, e kore ianei ia e kite?

⁹He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

¹⁰Ko te kaipapaki o nga iwi e kore ranei ia e papaki, ara ko te kaiwhakaako nei i te tangata kia mohio?

¹⁰He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.

¹¹E matau ana a Ihowa ki nga whakaaro o te tangata, he mea teka noa.

¹¹He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

¹²¶ Ka hari te tangata e pakia ana e koe, e Ihowa: e whakaakona ana i roto i tau ture;

¹²O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

¹³Kia marie ai tona ngakau i a koe i nga ra o te he, a keria noatia iho te poka mo te tangata kino.

¹³To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

¹⁴E kore hoki a Ihowa e panga i tana iwi, e kore ano e whakarere i tona kainga tupu.

¹⁴For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

¹⁵Engari e hoki te whakawa ki te tika: a e arumia e nga tangata ngakau tika katoa.

¹⁵For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

¹⁶Ko wai toku hei whakatika ake ki te hunga kino? Ko wai toku hei tu ake ki nga kaimahi i te hara?

¹⁶Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Mehemea kaua a Ihowa hei awhina moku, penei kua noho kupukore noa atu toku wairua.

¹⁷Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

¹⁸I taku meatanga, Ka paheke toku waewae; na tau mahi tohu, e Ihowa, ahau i tautoko ake.

¹⁸If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,` Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

¹⁹I oku whakaaronga maha i roto i toku ngakau ko au whakamarie toku oranga ngakau.

¹⁹In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Tera ranei e whakahoa ki a koe te torona o te kino, e whakatakoto nei i te mahi nanakia hei ture?

²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

²¹Kei te whakahuihui ratou ki te poke i te wairua o te tangata tika, e mea ana kia heke te toto harakore.

²¹They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

²²Ko Ihowa ia toku pa teko: ko toku Atua hei kohatu piringa moku.

²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,

²³A nana i whakahoki to ratou kino ki runga ki a ratou, a tera ia e whakangaro i a ratou i roto i o ratou kino: ma Ihowa, ma to tatou Atua ratou e whakangaro.

²³And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!