¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:

²Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku.

²for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

³I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

⁴Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.

⁴In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

⁵E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.

⁵They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

⁶¶ Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.

⁶Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

⁷Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.

⁷When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

⁸Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.

⁸Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

⁹Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.

⁹Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

¹⁰Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke.

¹⁰Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

¹¹Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.

¹¹Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

¹²Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.

¹²Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.

¹³Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.

¹³Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

¹⁵Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua.

¹⁵Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

¹⁶Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou.

¹⁶because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

¹⁷Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia.

¹⁷Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

¹⁸I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.

¹⁸He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.

¹⁹Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

²⁰Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.

²⁰This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

²¹¶ Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau,

²¹But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

²²He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.

²²for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

²³Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.

²³I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

²⁵Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.

²⁵I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.

²⁶Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

²⁷Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.

²⁷that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

²⁸Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.

²⁸They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

²⁹Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.

²⁹Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano.

³⁰I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

³¹E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.

³¹For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.