1Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Na Rawiri. Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua, ka tae mai hoki nga wai ki roto ki toku wairua.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
2Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hohonu, ki te wahi kahore nei he tunga: kua tae ahau ki nga wai hohonu, ngaro iho ahau i nga waipuke.
3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
3Kua ruwha ahau i taku tangi; kua maroke toku korokoro: pakoko kau oku kanohi i ahau e tatari nei ki toku Atua.
4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
4Tini ke i nga makawe o toku matenga te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau: he kaha rawa te hunga e mauahara noa ana ki ahau, e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau; utua ana e ahau i reira nga mea kihai i tangohia e ahau.
5God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
5E te Atua, e matau ana koe ki toku kuware; kahore hoki oku he e ngaro i a koe.
6Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
6E te Ariki, e Ihowa o nga mano kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakama i ahau: e te Atua o Iharaira, kei numinumi kau i ahau te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.
7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
7Mou hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tawainga: ngaro iho toku mata i te whakama.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
8He tangata ke ahau ki oku hoa ake: hei tautangata ki nga tama a toku whaea.
9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
9Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tou whare: kua tau ano ki ahau nga tawai a te hunga e tawai ana ki a koe.
10When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
10I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i toku wairua, ka waiho tena hei tawainga moku.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
11I kakahu hoki ahau i te kakahu taratara moku, a i waiho hei whakatauki ma ratou.
12Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
12Kei te korero kino moku te hunga e noho ana i te kuwaha: waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi waina.
13But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
13¶ Ko ahau ia, ki a koe taku inoi, e Ihowa, i te wa e manakohia ai: whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua, i runga i te nui o tou aroha, o te pono o tau whakaoranga.
14Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
14Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru, kei toremi: kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, i nga wai hohonu ano hoki.
15Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
15Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke, kei horomia e te rire; kei kopia ano te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.
16Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
16E Ihowa whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau; he pai hoki tou atawhai: tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o au arohatanga.
17Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
17A kaua e huna tou mata ki tau pononga; e pouri ana hoki ahau: hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
18Whakatata mai ki toku wairua, hokona: whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei oku hoariri.
19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
19E matau ana koe ki toku tawainga, ki toku whakama, ki toku numinumi: kei tou aroaro oku hoariri katoa.
20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
20Maru noa toku ngakau i te tawai; a ki tonu ahau i te pouri: i titiro ahau ki tetahi hei aroha mai, a kore ake; ki etahi hei whakamarie, a kihai i kitea.
21They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
21I homai he au hei kai maku: i toku matewaitanga ano i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.
22Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
22¶ Kia meinga ta ratou tepu i to ratou aroaro hei mahanga; hei rore hoki i to ratou wa rangimarie.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
23Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kei kite ratou: kia wiri tonu hoki o ratou hope.
24Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
24Ringihia atu tou riri ki runga ki a ratou, kia mau hoki ratou i tou arita, i tou weriweri.
25Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
25Kia ururuatia to ratou nohoanga: kaua tetahi e noho ki o ratou teneti.
26For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
26Mo ratou i tukino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe; a korerotia ana e ratou te pouri o te hunga i werohia e koe.
27Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
27Tapiritia he kino ki runga ki to ratou kino; kaua hoki ratou e tukua kia tomo ki tou tika.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
28Kia murua atu ratou i te pukapuka o te ora, kaua ano e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.
29But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
29Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pouri; kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tau whakaoranga.
30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
30¶ Ka whakamoemiti taku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua, ka whakanui ano taku whakawhetai i a ia.
31It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
31Pai rawa tenei ki a Ihowa i te puru i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.
32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
32Kua kite te hunga mahaki, kua hari: ka ora ano o koutou ngakau, e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.
33For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
33No te mea ka rongo a Ihowa ki nga rawakore, e kore ano e whakahawea ki ana herehere.
34Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
34Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia, nga moana, me nga mea katoa e tere ana i roto.
35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
35No te mea tera e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona, ka hanga ano e ia nga pa o Hura; a ka noho ratou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a ratou.
36The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
36A ka nohoia a reira e nga uri o ana pononga: hei kainga tupu ano a reira mo te hunga e aroha ana ki tona ingoa.