1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
2E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
3You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
3E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera.
4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
4E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
5Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera.
6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
6¶ E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
7Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.
8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
8Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
9I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.
9Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.