¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri, na Rawiri. E te Atua, tahuri mai tou taringa ki taku inoi: kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.

¹Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

²Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau: pokaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei, e hamama nei;

²Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

³I te reo hoki o te hoariri, i te tukino a te tangata kino: no te mea e utaina ana e ratou he hara ki runga ki ahau, a e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.

³Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

⁴Mamae pu toku ngakau i roto i ahau: kua taka ki runga ki ahau nga wehi whakamate.

⁴My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

⁵Kua pa ki ahau te wehi me te wiri: a pokia iho ahau e te whakamataku.

⁵Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

⁶Na ko taku meatanga, Aue, te whai pakau ahau me he kukupa; penei ka rere atu ahau, a ka whai okiokinga.

⁶I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

⁷Katahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti; a noho rawa atu i te koraha. (Hera.

⁷Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

⁸Ka hohoro toku rere atu i te hau, i te awha.

⁹¶ Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehia o ratou arero; kua kitea hoki e ahau te tukino me te tutu o roto o te pa.

⁹Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

¹⁰Haereere ana ratou i te ao, i te po, i runga i ona taiepa, a tawhio noa: he kino kei roto, he hianga.

¹⁰Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

¹¹He hara kei waenganui ona: kahore ona ara e mahue i te tinihanga, i te hianga.

¹¹Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

¹²Ehara hoki i te hoariri nana ahau i tawai; penei e taea e ahau te whakaririka: ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai noku i whakakake ki ahau; penei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.

¹²For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.

¹³Nau ia, na te tangata i rite ki ahau, na toku takahoa, na taku i mohio ai.

¹³But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

¹⁴Ahuareka tonu ta taua korerorero; haere tahi ana hoki taua i roto i te ropu ki te whare o te Atua.

¹⁴We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

¹⁵Kia mau ohorere ratou i te mate, kia heke ora ki te reinga: he hara hoki kei o ratou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a ratou.

¹⁵Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

¹⁶¶ Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua: a ma Ihowa ahau e whakaora.

¹⁶As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

¹⁷I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutumarotanga, ka inoi ahau, ka tangi: a ka whakarongo ia ki toku reo.

¹⁷Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

¹⁸Whakaorangia ana e ia toku wairua i runga i te rangimarie i ahau e whakaekea ana: he tokomaha hoki oku hoa whawhai.

¹⁸He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

¹⁹Ka whakarongo te Atua, no tua iho nei tona nohoanga, a ka whakahoki i ta ratou. (Hera.) Ko te hunga kahore o ratou whakawhitiwhitinga, a kahore o ratou wehi ki te Atua.

¹⁹God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God.

²⁰Kua totoro ona ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei ta ratou rongo ki a ia; kua whakataka e ia tana kawenata.

²⁰He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

²¹Maeneene atu tona mangai i te pata, he whawhai ia kei roto i tona ngakau: ngawari atu ana kupu i te hinu, kahore, he hoari kua oti te unu.

²¹His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

²²Maka ki runga ki a Ihowa tau pikaunga, a mana koe e whakau ake: e kore e tukua e ia te hunga tika kia whakangaueuetia ake ake.

²²Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

²³Mau ia ratou e mea, e te Atua, kia heke ki te poka o te pirau: e kore nga tangata toto, nga tangata hianga e tutuki ki te hawhe o o ratou ra; ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.

²³But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.