¹¶ He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?

¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

²E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.

²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

³E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.

³For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

⁴Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.

⁴The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

⁵Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.

⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

⁷Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

⁹E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.

¹¹He saith in his heart, ùGod hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

¹²¶ Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O ùGod, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

¹³He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

¹⁴Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.

¹⁴Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

¹⁶Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

¹⁷E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

¹⁸Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.

¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.