¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Na Rawiri. Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua, ka tae mai hoki nga wai ki roto ki toku wairua.

¹{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

²Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hohonu, ki te wahi kahore nei he tunga: kua tae ahau ki nga wai hohonu, ngaro iho ahau i nga waipuke.

²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

³Kua ruwha ahau i taku tangi; kua maroke toku korokoro: pakoko kau oku kanohi i ahau e tatari nei ki toku Atua.

³I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Tini ke i nga makawe o toku matenga te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau: he kaha rawa te hunga e mauahara noa ana ki ahau, e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau; utua ana e ahau i reira nga mea kihai i tangohia e ahau.

⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

⁵E te Atua, e matau ana koe ki toku kuware; kahore hoki oku he e ngaro i a koe.

⁵Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

⁶E te Ariki, e Ihowa o nga mano kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakama i ahau: e te Atua o Iharaira, kei numinumi kau i ahau te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

⁶Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

⁷Mou hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tawainga: ngaro iho toku mata i te whakama.

⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

⁸He tangata ke ahau ki oku hoa ake: hei tautangata ki nga tama a toku whaea.

⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

⁹Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tou whare: kua tau ano ki ahau nga tawai a te hunga e tawai ana ki a koe.

⁹For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

¹⁰I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i toku wairua, ka waiho tena hei tawainga moku.

¹⁰And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --

¹¹I kakahu hoki ahau i te kakahu taratara moku, a i waiho hei whakatauki ma ratou.

¹¹And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

¹²Kei te korero kino moku te hunga e noho ana i te kuwaha: waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi waina.

¹²They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

¹³¶ Ko ahau ia, ki a koe taku inoi, e Ihowa, i te wa e manakohia ai: whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua, i runga i te nui o tou aroha, o te pono o tau whakaoranga.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

¹⁴Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru, kei toremi: kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, i nga wai hohonu ano hoki.

¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

¹⁵Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke, kei horomia e te rire; kei kopia ano te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.

¹⁵Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

¹⁶E Ihowa whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau; he pai hoki tou atawhai: tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o au arohatanga.

¹⁶Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

¹⁷A kaua e huna tou mata ki tau pononga; e pouri ana hoki ahau: hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.

¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

¹⁸Whakatata mai ki toku wairua, hokona: whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei oku hoariri.

¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

¹⁹E matau ana koe ki toku tawainga, ki toku whakama, ki toku numinumi: kei tou aroaro oku hoariri katoa.

¹⁹*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

²⁰Maru noa toku ngakau i te tawai; a ki tonu ahau i te pouri: i titiro ahau ki tetahi hei aroha mai, a kore ake; ki etahi hei whakamarie, a kihai i kitea.

²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

²¹I homai he au hei kai maku: i toku matewaitanga ano i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.

²¹Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²¶ Kia meinga ta ratou tepu i to ratou aroaro hei mahanga; hei rore hoki i to ratou wa rangimarie.

²²Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

²³Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kei kite ratou: kia wiri tonu hoki o ratou hope.

²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

²⁴Ringihia atu tou riri ki runga ki a ratou, kia mau hoki ratou i tou arita, i tou weriweri.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

²⁵Kia ururuatia to ratou nohoanga: kaua tetahi e noho ki o ratou teneti.

²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

²⁶Mo ratou i tukino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe; a korerotia ana e ratou te pouri o te hunga i werohia e koe.

²⁶For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

²⁷Tapiritia he kino ki runga ki to ratou kino; kaua hoki ratou e tukua kia tomo ki tou tika.

²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

²⁸Kia murua atu ratou i te pukapuka o te ora, kaua ano e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.

²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

²⁹Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pouri; kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tau whakaoranga.

²⁹But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

³⁰¶ Ka whakamoemiti taku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua, ka whakanui ano taku whakawhetai i a ia.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;

³¹Pai rawa tenei ki a Ihowa i te puru i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.

³¹And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, -- a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

³²Kua kite te hunga mahaki, kua hari: ka ora ano o koutou ngakau, e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.

³²The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.

³³No te mea ka rongo a Ihowa ki nga rawakore, e kore ano e whakahawea ki ana herehere.

³³For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

³⁴Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia, nga moana, me nga mea katoa e tere ana i roto.

³⁴Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

³⁵No te mea tera e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona, ka hanga ano e ia nga pa o Hura; a ka noho ratou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a ratou.

³⁵For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

³⁶A ka nohoia a reira e nga uri o ana pononga: hei kainga tupu ano a reira mo te hunga e aroha ana ki tona ingoa.

³⁶And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.