¹¶ He himene na Ahapa. He pono, he pai te Atua ki a Iharaira; ki te hunga ngakau ma.

¹Surely God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

²Ko ahau ia, wahi iti kua tapepa oku waewae: me i kotahi kua paheke oku takahanga.

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

³I hae hoki ahau ki te hunga whakahi, i toku kitenga i te tangata hara e kake ana.

³For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴Kahore hoki he whakawiringa a te mate i a ratou: he maro ano o ratou uaua.

⁴For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

⁵Kahore nga mea whakapouri tangata e pa ki a ratou; kahore ano ratou e whiua tahitia me te mano tangata.

⁵They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶Na reira, ano he hei te whakakake e awhi nei i a ratou, ano he kakahu te tutu e hipokina nei ratou.

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

⁷Pupuhi ana o ratou kanohi i te ngako: nui ake nga mea i a ratou i a o ratou ngakau i hiahia ai.

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

⁸E whakahi ana ratou, e korero kino ana mo te whakatoi: kei runga noa ake a ratou korero.

⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

⁹Tutuki tonu to ratou mangai ki nga rangi: e kopikopiko ana hoki to ratou arero i runga i te whenua.

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

¹⁰Koia tona iwi i hoki mai ai ki konei: a e whakawiria ana he wai mo ratou, ki tonu te kapu.

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

¹¹E mea ana ratou, Ma te aha e matau ai te Atua? He matauranga koia to te Runga Rawa?

¹¹They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

¹²Nana, ko te hunga kino tenei, kei runga tonu i te whenua rangatira, e hua ana o ratou taonga.

¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³He pono he maumau taku mea i toku ngakau kia ma, taku horoi hoki i oku ringa ki te harakore.

¹³Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

¹⁴E whiua ana hoki ahau i te roa o te ra, e pakia ana i nga ata katoa.

¹⁴For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

¹⁵¶ Me i ki ahau, Ka penei taku korero; na e tinihanga ana ahau ki te whakatupuranga o au tamariki.

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁶I taku meatanga kia matauria tenei, ka kite ahau he mahi whakauaua rawa;

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷Tae noa ahau ki te wahi tapu o te Atua, katahi ahau ka mohio ki to ratou mutunga.

¹⁷Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁸He pono i whakaturia ratou e koe ki nga wahi pahekeheke; a whakataka ana e koe ki te ngaromanga.

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

¹⁹Ano te panga whakareretanga o to ratou hunanga! kua pau rawa i nga wehi.

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

²⁰Ka rite ki te rekanga kanohi, ina ara ake te tangata, tau whakahawea ki to ratou ahua, e te Ariki, ina ara ake koe.

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

²¹¶ Na mamae noa iho toku ngakau, a hukihuki ana oku whatumanawa.

²¹For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

²²He whakaarokore hoki ahau, he kuware: me te mea he kirehe ahau i tou aroaro.

²²I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

²³Ahakoa ra kei a koe tonu ahau; e puritia ana e koe toku ringa matau.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

²⁴Ma tou whakaaro ahau e arahi; muri iho ka riro ahau i a koe ki te kororia.

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵Ko wai hoki toku i te rangi ko koe anake? Kahore atu hoki oku i te whenua e hiahia ai, ko koe anake.

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

²⁶Hemo iho oku kikokiko me toku ngakau: ko te Atua ia te kaha o toku ngakau, toku wahi ake ake.

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷Na, ko te hunga e mamao atu ana i a koe ka mate: ka ngaro i a koe te hunga puremu katoa e whakarere nei i a koe.

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

²⁸Ko ahau ia, he pai ki ahau te whakatata ki te Atua: kua waiho e ahau te Ariki, a Ihowa, hei whakawhirinakitanga moku, kia whakapuakina ai e ahau au mahi katoa.

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.