¹¶ E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowa: mona i whakarongo ki toku reo, ki aku inoi.

¹I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.

²I tahuri mai tona taringa ki ahau: mo reira ka karanga ahau ki a ia i ahau e ora ana.

²Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

³I karapotia ahau e nga whakawiringa a te mate: mau pu ahau i nga mamae o te reinga, i kite ahau i te pawera, i te pouri.

³The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Na ko taku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa; Tena ra, e Ihowa, whakaorangia toku wairua.

⁴Then I called on the name of Yahweh: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

⁵He atawhai a Ihowa, he tika: ae, he aroha to tatou Atua.

⁵Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

⁶E tiakina ana e Ihowa te hunga kuware: i whakaititia ahau, a nana ahau i whakaora.

⁶Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷E hoki, e toku wairua, ki tou okiokinga; kua atawhaitia hoki koe e Ihowa.

⁷Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸Nau hoki toku wairua i whakaora kei mate, oku kanohi kei whai roimata, oku waewae kei paheke.

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

⁹Tera ahau e haereere i te aroaro o Ihowa i te whenua o te ora.

¹⁰¶ I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i korero ai: he nui toku whakawhiunga.

¹⁰I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

¹¹I mea ahau i toku ohoreretanga, He teka kau nga tangata katoa.

¹¹I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

¹²He aha taku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowa mo ana atawhainga katoa i ahau?

¹³Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga, ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa.

¹⁴Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa i te aroaro o tana iwi katoa.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵He mea utu nui ki ta Ihowa titiro te matenga o tana hunga tapu.

¹⁶E Ihowa, he pono ko ahau tau pononga; ko ahau tau pononga, ko te tama a tau pononga wahine; nau i wewete oku here.

¹⁶Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

¹⁷Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, ara te whakawhetai: ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh.

¹⁸Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa, ae, ki te aroaro o tana iwi katoa.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹Ki nga marae o te whare o Ihowa, ki waenganui ou, e Hiruharama. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

¹⁹in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!