Psalms 71
1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
Ko koe taku e whakawhirinaki ai, e Ihowa: kei whakama ahau ake ake.
2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
Whakaorangia ahau, i runga i tou tika, kia mawhiti ano ahau: tahuri mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakaorangia hoki ahau.
3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Kia ai koe hei teko e noho ai ahau, hei hokihokinga tonutanga atu moku: kua kiia iho ahau e koe kia whakaorangia: ko koe nei hoki toku kohatu, toku pourewa.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
Whakaorangia ahau, e toku Atua, i te ringa o te tangata kino, i te ringa o te whanoke, o te nanakia.
5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
Ko koe nei hoki, e te Ariki, e Ihowa, taku e tumanako atu nei, taku e whakawhirinaki nei no toku tamarikitanga ake ano.
6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
Nau ahau i tautoko ake no te kopu mai ano; nau ahau i tango mai i roto i nga whekau o toku whaea; ko koe taku e whakamoemiti tonu ai.
7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
He miharotanga ahau na te tini; ko koe ia toku piringa kaha.
8 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
Kia ki toku mangai i te whakamoemiti ki a koe, i tou honore i te roa o te ra.
9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Kaua ahau e panga a te wa o te koroheketanga, kaua ahau e whakarerea ina hemo toku kaha.
10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
E korerotia ana hoki ahau e oku hoariri, a e runanga tahi ana te hunga e whanga ana ki toku wairua.
11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
E mea ana, Kua whakarerea ia e te Atua: whaia, hopukia; kahore hoki tetahi hei whakaora.
12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
E te Atua, kei matara atu koe i ahau: e toku Atua, hohoro ki te awhina i ahau.
13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
Kia whakama, kia pau nga hoariri o toku wairua: kia hipokina ki te tawai, ki te whakama, te hunga e rapu ana i te he moku.
14 But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
Ko ahau ia, ka tumanako tonu: ka hono tonu ano te whakamoemiti ki a koe.
15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Ma toku mangai e whakakite tou tika, tau whakaoranga i te roa o te ra; kahore hoki ahau e mohio e hia ranei.
16 I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
Ka haere ahau i runga i te kaha o te Ariki, o Ihowa, ka whakahuatia e ahau tou tika, tou anake.
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
E te Atua, he mea whakaako ahau nau, no toku tamarikitanga ake; a he whakapuaki taku i au mahi whakamiharo a mohoa noa nei.
18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Na kaua ahau e whakarerea, e te Atua, a koroheke noa, hina noa ahau, kia whakakitea ra ano e ahau tou kaha ki tenei whakatupuranga, tou nui ki nga tangata katoa e puta mai a mua.
19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
Kei runga rawa ano tou tika, e te Atua, he nui nei hoki au mahi: e te Atua, ko wai te rite ki a koe?
20 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
He nui, he kino nga pouritanga ngakau i whakakitea mai e koe ki a matou; tera ano koe ka whakahauora i a matou, ka whakahoki ake ano i a matou i nga wahi hohonu o te whenua.
21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Whakaraneatia e koe toku nui, a tahuri mai ano ka whakamarie i ahau.
22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te hatere, ara ki tou pono, e toku Atua: ka himene ahau ki a koe i runga i te hapa, e te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
23 When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
Ka tino hari oku ngutu ua himene ahau ki a koe: me toku wairua ano i hokona nei e koe.
24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Ka korerotia hoki e toku arero tou tika i te roa o te ra: kua whakama nei hoki, kua numinumi kau te hunga i rapu i te he moku.
