1¶ He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:
1If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;
2if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
3Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
4Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.
4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
5Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.
5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6¶ Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.
6Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.
7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.
8Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.