¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. Kia pehea te roa o tou wareware ki ahau, e Ihowa? mo ake tonu atu ranei? Kia pehea te roa o tau hunanga i tou mata ki ahau?

¹How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

²Kia pehea te roa o toku whakaaroaronga i roto i toku wairua, o te pouri i roto i toku ngakau i tenei ra, i tenei ra? Kia pehea te roa o te whakakake mai a toku hoariri ki ahau?

²How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

³Titiro mai, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: whakamaramatia oku kanohi, kei moe ahau i te moe o te mate.

³Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

⁴Kei mea mai toku hoariri, Kua taea ia e ahau: kei whakamanamana oku hoariri, ina whakakorikoria ahau.

⁴Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

⁵Ko ahau ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki tau mahi toku: ka whakamanamana toku ngakau ki tau whakaoranga.

⁵But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

⁶Ka waiata ahau ki a Ihowa, mona i atawhai mai ki ahau.

⁶I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.