¹¶ He Makiri na Etana Eterahi. Ka waiatatia e ahau nga mahi tohu a Ihowa ake ake: ka whakapuakina e toku mangai tou pono ki nga whakatupuranga katoa.

¹{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

²I mea hoki ahau, Ka hanga ake te mahi tohu mo ake tonu atu: ka whakapumautia e koe tou pono ki nga tino rangi ra ano.

²For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

³Kua whakarite kawenata ahau ki taku i whiriwhiri ai: kua oati ki taku pononga ki a Rawiri;

³I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

⁴Ka pumau i ahau ou uri ake ake: ka hanga tou torona ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. (Hera.

⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

⁵¶ Ka whakamoemiti ano nga rangi, e Ihowa, ki au mahi whakamiharo; ki tou pono hoki i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga tapu.

⁵And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

⁶Ko wai oti i nga rangi hei rite mo Ihowa? Ko wai i roto i nga tama a te hunga nunui e rite ana ki a Ihowa?

⁶For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

⁷He Atua whakamataku rawa i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga tapu, e wehingia ana i runga ake i a ratou katoa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha ona?

⁷ùGod is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

⁸E Ihowa, e te Atua o nga mano, ko wai te mea kaha hei rite mou, e IHA? Hei rite ranei mo tou pono i tetahi taha ou, i tetahi taha?

⁸Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

⁹Ko koe te kingi o te huamo o te moana: ka oho ona ngaru, ko koe hei whakamarino.

⁹*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.

¹⁰Mongamonga noa i a koe a Rahapa ano he tangata i patua: marara ana i a koe, i tou ringa kaha ou hoariri.

¹⁰Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

¹¹Nau nga rangi, nau te whenua: te ao me ona mea e hua ana i runga, nau ena i pumau ai.

¹¹Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.

¹²Ko te raki me te tonga nau ena i hanga: ka hari a Taporo raua ko Heremona ki tou ingoa.

¹²The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

¹³He takakau marohirohi tou: he pakari tou ringa, rewa tonu tou matau ki runga.

¹³Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

¹⁴Ko te tika me te whakawa te turanga o tou torona: e haere ana te mahi tohu me te pono i mua i tou aroaro.

¹⁴Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵¶ Ka hari te iwi e mohio ana ki te tangi whakahari: e haere ana ratou, e Ihowa, i te marama o tou mata.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶E hari ana ratou ki tou ingoa i te roa o te ra: a ma tou tika ka kake ai ratou.

¹⁶In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

¹⁷Ko koe hoki te kororia o to ratou kaha: ma tau manako ano ka ara ai to matou haona.

¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸Na Ihowa hoki to matou whakangungu rakau: a na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira to tatou kingi.

¹⁸For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

¹⁹¶ I korero moemoea koe i reira ki tau Mea Tapu, i mea, Kua hoatu e ahau he kaha ki runga ki tetahi marohirohi; kua whakanuia e ahau tetahi i whiriwhiria i roto i te iwi.

¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰Kua kitea e ahau taku pononga, a Rawiri: kua whakawahia ia e ahau ki taku hinu tapu:

²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

²¹Ka u atu toku ringa hei awhina mona: ma toku takakau ano ia e whakakaha.

²¹With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

²²E kore te hoariri e whai wahi ki a ia: e kore ano hoki te tama a te kino e tukino i a ia.

²²No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

²³Maku e tukituki ona hoariri ki tona aroaro: ka whiua e ahau te hunga e kino ana ki a ia.

²³But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

²⁴Otira ka mau ki a ia toku pono me taku mahi tohu: a ma toku ingoa ka ara ai tona haona.

²⁴And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵Maku ano tona ringa ka pa ai ki te moana: tona matau ki nga awa.

²⁵And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶Ka karanga ia ki ahau, Ko koe toku Papa, toku Atua, te kohatu o toku whakaoranga.

²⁶*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my ùGod, and the rock of my salvation;

²⁷Ka waiho ano ia hei matamua maku ki runga ake i nga kingi o te whenua.

²⁷And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸Ka rongoatia e ahau taku mahi tohu mona ake tonu atu: ka mau tonu taku kawenata ki a ia.

²⁸My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

²⁹Ka meinga hoki e ahau ona uri kia mau tonu ake ake, tona torona ano ko nga ra o te rangi.

²⁹And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰Ki te whakarerea e ana tamariki taku ture, a kahore e haere i aku whakaritenga;

³⁰If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

³¹Ki te takahi ratou i aku tikanga; a kahore e pupuri i aku whakahau;

³¹If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

³²Katahi ka whaia ta ratou mahi tutu e taku rakau, o ratou kino e te whiu.

³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³Otira e kore e tangohia rawatia e ahau taku mahi tohu i a ia, e tuku ranei i toku pono kia he.

³³Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

³⁴E kore taku kawenata e takahia e ahau, e kore ano e whakarereketia te mea i puta i oku ngutu.

³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵Kotahi aku oatitanga i toku tapu; e kore ahau e teka ki a Rawiri.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

³⁶Ka mau tonu tona uri ake ake; a ka rite tona torona ki te ra i toku aroaro.

³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

³⁷Ka rite tona pumau ki to te marama ake ake: hei kaiwhakaatu pono ano i runga i te rangi. (Hera.

³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

³⁸¶ Na kua panga nei koe, kua whakarihariha, kua riri ki tau i whakawahi ai.

³⁸But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

³⁹Kua weriweri koe ki te kawenata ki tau pononga: kua whakanoaia e koe tona karauna, taka noa ki te whenua.

³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

⁴⁰Kua pakaruhia e koe ona taiepa katoa; whakamotitia iho e koe ona pa kaha.

⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹E pahua ana i a ia nga tangata katoa e tika ana i te ara: he tawainga ia na ona hoa tata.

⁴¹All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴²Kua whakarewaina e koe te ringa matau o ona hoa whawhai: kua meinga e koe kia hari ona hoa whawhai katoa.

⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

⁴³Ae, e ngore ana i a koe te mata o tana hoari: kihai ano koe i tautoko i a ia ki te tatauranga.

⁴³Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

⁴⁴Kua whakamutua e koe tona kororia, kua maka tona torona ki raro ki te whenua.

⁴⁴Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

⁴⁵Kua poroa e koe nga ra o tona taitamarikitanga: kua hipokina ia e koe ki te whakama. (Hera.

⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶Kia pehea te roa, e Ihowa, e whakangaro ai koe i a koe, ake tonu atu? Kia pehea te roa e toro ana tou riri ano he ahi?

⁴⁶How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

⁴⁷Kia mahara ki te poto rawa o toku taima: he aha i hanga ai e koe nga tangata katoa hei kore noa iho?

⁴⁷Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

⁴⁸Ko wai tena tangata e ora nei, a e kore e kite i te mate? E mawhiti koia i a ia tona wairua i te kaha o te reinga? (Hera.

⁴⁸What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹E te Ariki, kei hea au arohatanga o mua i oatitia ai e koe ki a Rawiri i runga i tou pono?

⁴⁹Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

⁵⁰Maharatia, e te Ariki, te tawai ki au pononga; e mau nei ki toku uma te tawai a nga iwi nunui katoa:

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples --

⁵¹Te tawai a ou hoariri, e Ihowa, ta ratou tawai nei ki nga hikoinga o tau i whakawahi ai.

⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵²Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa ake ake. Amine, ae Amine.

⁵²Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.