Psalms 17
1 A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.
2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness.
Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.
3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.
4 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.
Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.
5 Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.
6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.
Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.
7 Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.
Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.
8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,
Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,
9 from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.
I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.
10 They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.
11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.
Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.
12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.
Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.
13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.
E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;
14 Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.
I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.
15 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.
Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.
