¹¶ He inoi na Mohi, na te tangata a te Atua. E te Ariki, ko koe to matou nohoanga i nga whakatupuranga katoa.

¹ Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

²Kahore ano i whanau noa nga maunga, kahore i hanga e koe te whenua me te ao, ko koe te Atua no tua whakarere a ake tonu atu.

²Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

³E whakahokia ana e koe te tangata kia mongamonga noa, a e mea ana, E hoki, e nga tama a te tangata.

³You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

⁴Ki tau titiro hoki, he rite nga tau kotahi mano ki te ra onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te po.

⁴For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

⁵Me te mea na te waipuke tau kahakinga i a ratou; he moe ratou: i te ata ano he tarutaru e tupu ana.

⁵You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

⁶I te ata e tupu ana, e pihi ana: i te ahiahi kua kotia, kua maroke.

⁶In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

⁷¶ Kua hemo nei hoki matou i tou riri: ka ohorere hoki i tou aritatanga.

⁷For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

⁸Kua maka e koe o matou kino ki tou aroaro, o matou mea huna ki te marama o tou mata.

⁸You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹Ka pau o matou ra katoa, me te riri ano koe: hemo ake o matou tau ano he korero e korerotia ana.

⁹For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹⁰Ko nga ra o o matou tau e whitu tekau tau; a ki te whai kaha, ka waru tekau tau; heoi he mahi mauiui, he pouri to ratou kaha; ka hohoro hoki te hatepea atu, a ka rere atu matou.

¹⁰The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

¹¹Ko wai te matau ana ki te kaha o tou riri? Rite pu ki te wehi ki a koe tou riri.

¹¹Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

¹²¶ Akona matou ki te tatau i o matou ra, kia anga ai te ngakau ki te whakaaro.

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³Hoki mai, e Ihowa, kia pehea ake te roa? A kia puta ke he whakaaro mou ki au pononga.

¹³Relent, Yahweh! “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. How long? Have compassion on your servants!

¹⁴Kia na matou i te ata i tau mahi tohu: kia hari ai matou, kia koa ai, i o matou ra katoa.

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Whakaharitia matou, kia rite ki nga ra i whakawhiua ai matou e koe, ki nga tau i kite ai matou i te kino.

¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶Kia puta mai tau mahi ki au pononga, me tou kororia ki a ratou tamariki.

¹⁶Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.

¹⁷A hei runga i a matou te ataahua o Ihowa, o to matou Atua: whakapumautia ano ki a matou te mahi a o matou ringa, ae ra, te mahi a o matou ringa, whakapumautia e koe.

¹⁷Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.