¹¶ Ko te tangata kei te wahi ngaro o te Runga Rawa tona kainga, ka noho ia i raro i te taumarumarutanga o te Kaha Rawa.

¹He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

²Ka kiia e ahau a Ihowa, Ko ia toku piringa, toku pa, toku Atua, ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia.

²I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

³Mana hoki koe e whakaora i te mahanga a te kaihopu manu, i te mate nanakia.

³For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴Ka hipokina koe e ia ki ona hou, a ka piri koe ki raro i ona pakau: ko tona pono hei whakangungu rakau, hei puapua mou.

⁴He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵E kore koe e wehi i te mea whakamataku i te po: i te pere e rere ana i te awatea.

⁵You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

⁶I te mate uruta e rere ana i te pouri: i te whakangaromanga e whakangaro ana i te poutumarotanga.

⁶nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷He mano te hinga ki tou taha, tekau hoki nga mano ki tou matau; otiia e kore e tata ki a koe.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

⁸Ka titiro kau ou kanohi, ka matakitaki ki te utu mo te hunga kino.

⁸You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹¶ Ko koe hoki, e Ihowa, toku piranga! kua waiho e koe te Runga Rawa hei nohoanga mou:

⁹Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

¹⁰Kahore he kino e pa ki a koe, kahore ano he whiu e tata ki tou teneti.

¹⁰no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

¹¹Ka korerotia iho hoki koe e ia ki ana anahera kia tiakina koe i ou ara katoa.

¹¹For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

¹²Ma ratou koe e hiki ake ki o ratou ringa, kei tutuki tou waewae ki te kohatu.

¹²They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

¹³Ka haere koe i runga i te raiona, i te neke: ka takahia e koe ki raro te kuao raiona me te nakahi.

¹³You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

¹⁴Ka whakaora ahau i a ia, mona i aroha ki ahau; maku ia e whakateitei ake, mona i matau ki toku ingoa.

¹⁴“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

¹⁵Ka karanga ia ki ahau, a ka whakahoki kupu ahau ki a ia: ka tata ahau ki a ia i te wa o te he; maku ia e whakaora, maku ano ia e whakahonore.

¹⁵He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

¹⁶Ka whakaroaina e ahau ona ra, a na noa ia: ka whakakitea hoki taku whakaoranga ki a ia.

¹⁶I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”