1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Aratakiti. He himene, he waiata na Ahapa. Ka whakawhetai tonu matou ki a koe, e te Atua; ka whakawhetai tonu matou, kei te tata mai hoki tou ingoa: e korerotia ana e te tangata au mahi whakamiharo.
1{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song.} Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.
2Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
2When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.
3Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera.
3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.
4I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.
4I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.
5Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a [stiff] neck.
6¶ No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
6For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation [come]:
7Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.
7For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another.
8Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowa he kapu, pahuka tonu te waina; ki tonu, whakananu rawa, hei ringihanga mana: ko nga nganga ia, ma te hunga kino katoa o te whenua e tatau, e inu.
8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.
9Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
9But as for me, I will declare for ever; I will sing psalms to the God of Jacob.
10A ka kotia e ahau nga haona katoa o te hunga kino: ka whakaarahia ake ia nga haona o te tangata tika.
10And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.