¹We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi, ma nga tama a Koraha. He Makiri. E te Atua, kua rongo o matou taringa, kua korerotia ki a matou e o matou matua, nga mahi i mahia e koe i o ratou ra, i nga ra o mua.

²You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

²Nau nga tauiwi i pana ki tou ringa, nau ratou i whakato: nau nga iwi i whiu, a whakamararatia ana ratou.

³For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

³Ehara hoki i te mea, na ta ratou hoari i whiwhi ai ratou ki te whenua, ehara to ratou takakau i te mea i ora ai ratou: engari na tou matau, na tou takakau hoki, na te marama ano o tou mata, he pai hoki nou ki a ratou.

⁴You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

⁴E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.

⁵Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

⁵Mau ka turaki ai matou i o matou hoariri; ma tou ingoa ka takahia ai e matou te hunga e whakatika ana ki a matou.

⁶For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁶E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.

⁷But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

⁷Nau hoki matou i ora ai i o matou hoariri: nau ano i whakama ai te hunga i kino ki a matou.

⁸In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

⁸Ko te Atua ta matou e whakamanamana ai i te roa o te ra: ka whakamoemiti ano matou ki tou ingoa ake ake. (Hera.

⁹But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.

⁹¶ Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.

¹⁰You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

¹⁰Kua meinga matou kia hoki whakamuri mai i te hoariri; kei te pahua ano i etahi ma ratou te hunga e kino ana ki a matou.

¹¹You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

¹¹Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.

¹²You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

¹²E hokona ana e koe tau iwi, a hore he utu: kahore hoki koe e whiwhi rawa i te utu mo ratou.

¹³You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

¹³E meinga ana matou e koe hei tawainga ma o matou hoa kainga; hei whakahaweatanga, hei whakakatanga mai ma te hunga i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha o matou.

¹⁴You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁴E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.

¹⁵All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁵Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;

¹⁶At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁶I te reo o te kaitawai, o te kaikohukohu; i te hoariri, i te kairapu utu.

¹⁷All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

¹⁷¶ Kua pa katoa tenei ki a matou; heoi kahore matou i wareware ki a koe, kihai ano i teka ki tau kawenata.

¹⁸Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁸Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;

¹⁹Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

¹⁹I maru ai matou i a koe i te wahi o nga tarakona; a taupoki rawa ki te atarangi o te mate.

²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

²⁰Mehemea kua wareware matou ki te ingoa o to matou Atua, kua totoro ranei o matou ringa ki te atua ke;

²¹won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

²¹E kore ranei tenei e ata tirohia e te Atua? E matau ana hoki ia ki nga mea ngaro o te ngakau.

²²Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

²²Mou nei hoki matou i patua ai i te ra roa nei: kiia iho matou he hipi e patua ana.

²³Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

²³E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.

²⁴Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

²⁴He aha koe ka huna ai i tou mata? ka wareware ai ki to matou mamae, ki to matou tukinotanga?

²⁵For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

²⁵Kua piko nei hoki to matou wairua ki raro ki te puehu; piri rawa to matou kopu ki te whenua.

²⁶Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

²⁶E ara, hei awhina i a matou; kia mahara ki tou aroha, a hokona matou.