¹¶ He Makiri na Etana Eterahi. Ka waiatatia e ahau nga mahi tohu a Ihowa ake ake: ka whakapuakina e toku mangai tou pono ki nga whakatupuranga katoa.

¹I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

²I mea hoki ahau, Ka hanga ake te mahi tohu mo ake tonu atu: ka whakapumautia e koe tou pono ki nga tino rangi ra ano.

²I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

³Kua whakarite kawenata ahau ki taku i whiriwhiri ai: kua oati ki taku pononga ki a Rawiri;

³“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

⁴Ka pumau i ahau ou uri ake ake: ka hanga tou torona ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. (Hera.

⁴‘I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

⁵¶ Ka whakamoemiti ano nga rangi, e Ihowa, ki au mahi whakamiharo; ki tou pono hoki i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga tapu.

⁵The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶Ko wai oti i nga rangi hei rite mo Ihowa? Ko wai i roto i nga tama a te hunga nunui e rite ana ki a Ihowa?

⁶For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

⁷He Atua whakamataku rawa i roto i te whakaminenga o te hunga tapu, e wehingia ana i runga ake i a ratou katoa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha ona?

⁷a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

⁸E Ihowa, e te Atua o nga mano, ko wai te mea kaha hei rite mou, e IHA? Hei rite ranei mo tou pono i tetahi taha ou, i tetahi taha?

⁸Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

⁹Ko koe te kingi o te huamo o te moana: ka oho ona ngaru, ko koe hei whakamarino.

⁹You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

¹⁰Mongamonga noa i a koe a Rahapa ano he tangata i patua: marara ana i a koe, i tou ringa kaha ou hoariri.

¹⁰You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

¹¹Nau nga rangi, nau te whenua: te ao me ona mea e hua ana i runga, nau ena i pumau ai.

¹¹The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

¹²Ko te raki me te tonga nau ena i hanga: ka hari a Taporo raua ko Heremona ki tou ingoa.

¹²The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

¹³He takakau marohirohi tou: he pakari tou ringa, rewa tonu tou matau ki runga.

¹³You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴Ko te tika me te whakawa te turanga o tou torona: e haere ana te mahi tohu me te pono i mua i tou aroaro.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵¶ Ka hari te iwi e mohio ana ki te tangi whakahari: e haere ana ratou, e Ihowa, i te marama o tou mata.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁶E hari ana ratou ki tou ingoa i te roa o te ra: a ma tou tika ka kake ai ratou.

¹⁶In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷Ko koe hoki te kororia o to ratou kaha: ma tau manako ano ka ara ai to matou haona.

¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸Na Ihowa hoki to matou whakangungu rakau: a na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira to tatou kingi.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹¶ I korero moemoea koe i reira ki tau Mea Tapu, i mea, Kua hoatu e ahau he kaha ki runga ki tetahi marohirohi; kua whakanuia e ahau tetahi i whiriwhiria i roto i te iwi.

¹⁹Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

²⁰Kua kitea e ahau taku pononga, a Rawiri: kua whakawahia ia e ahau ki taku hinu tapu:

²⁰I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹Ka u atu toku ringa hei awhina mona: ma toku takakau ano ia e whakakaha.

²¹with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²²E kore te hoariri e whai wahi ki a ia: e kore ano hoki te tama a te kino e tukino i a ia.

²²No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³Maku e tukituki ona hoariri ki tona aroaro: ka whiua e ahau te hunga e kino ana ki a ia.

²³I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴Otira ka mau ki a ia toku pono me taku mahi tohu: a ma toku ingoa ka ara ai tona haona.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

²⁵Maku ano tona ringa ka pa ai ki te moana: tona matau ki nga awa.

²⁵I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶Ka karanga ia ki ahau, Ko koe toku Papa, toku Atua, te kohatu o toku whakaoranga.

²⁶He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷Ka waiho ano ia hei matamua maku ki runga ake i nga kingi o te whenua.

²⁷I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸Ka rongoatia e ahau taku mahi tohu mona ake tonu atu: ka mau tonu taku kawenata ki a ia.

²⁸I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹Ka meinga hoki e ahau ona uri kia mau tonu ake ake, tona torona ano ko nga ra o te rangi.

²⁹I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰Ki te whakarerea e ana tamariki taku ture, a kahore e haere i aku whakaritenga;

³⁰If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹Ki te takahi ratou i aku tikanga; a kahore e pupuri i aku whakahau;

³¹if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³²Katahi ka whaia ta ratou mahi tutu e taku rakau, o ratou kino e te whiu.

³²then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³Otira e kore e tangohia rawatia e ahau taku mahi tohu i a ia, e tuku ranei i toku pono kia he.

³³But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴E kore taku kawenata e takahia e ahau, e kore ano e whakarereketia te mea i puta i oku ngutu.

³⁴I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵Kotahi aku oatitanga i toku tapu; e kore ahau e teka ki a Rawiri.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶Ka mau tonu tona uri ake ake; a ka rite tona torona ki te ra i toku aroaro.

³⁶His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷Ka rite tona pumau ki to te marama ake ake: hei kaiwhakaatu pono ano i runga i te rangi. (Hera.

³⁷It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸¶ Na kua panga nei koe, kua whakarihariha, kua riri ki tau i whakawahi ai.

³⁸But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹Kua weriweri koe ki te kawenata ki tau pononga: kua whakanoaia e koe tona karauna, taka noa ki te whenua.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰Kua pakaruhia e koe ona taiepa katoa; whakamotitia iho e koe ona pa kaha.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹E pahua ana i a ia nga tangata katoa e tika ana i te ara: he tawainga ia na ona hoa tata.

⁴¹All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²Kua whakarewaina e koe te ringa matau o ona hoa whawhai: kua meinga e koe kia hari ona hoa whawhai katoa.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³Ae, e ngore ana i a koe te mata o tana hoari: kihai ano koe i tautoko i a ia ki te tatauranga.

⁴³Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴Kua whakamutua e koe tona kororia, kua maka tona torona ki raro ki te whenua.

⁴⁴You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵Kua poroa e koe nga ra o tona taitamarikitanga: kua hipokina ia e koe ki te whakama. (Hera.

⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶Kia pehea te roa, e Ihowa, e whakangaro ai koe i a koe, ake tonu atu? Kia pehea te roa e toro ana tou riri ano he ahi?

⁴⁶How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Kia mahara ki te poto rawa o toku taima: he aha i hanga ai e koe nga tangata katoa hei kore noa iho?

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

⁴⁸Ko wai tena tangata e ora nei, a e kore e kite i te mate? E mawhiti koia i a ia tona wairua i te kaha o te reinga? (Hera.

⁴⁸What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. ? Selah.

⁴⁹E te Ariki, kei hea au arohatanga o mua i oatitia ai e koe ki a Rawiri i runga i tou pono?

⁴⁹Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Maharatia, e te Ariki, te tawai ki au pononga; e mau nei ki toku uma te tawai a nga iwi nunui katoa:

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹Te tawai a ou hoariri, e Ihowa, ta ratou tawai nei ki nga hikoinga o tau i whakawahi ai.

⁵¹With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

⁵²Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa ake ake. Amine, ae Amine.

⁵²Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV