Psalms 52
1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Abimelech.” Why gloriest thou in mischief, thou man of violence? The goodness of God yet continueth daily.
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.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischief, Like a sharp razor, thou contriver of deceit!
E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And to lie more than to speak truth. (Pause)
E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera)
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue!
E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
5 Thee also shall God utterly destroy! o He shall seize thee, and tear thee from thy dwelling-place, And uproot thee from the land of the living. (Pause)
Ka 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)
6 The righteous shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him.
E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
7 “Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”
Inana, 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.
8 But I shall be like a green olive-tree in the house of God; I will trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.
Ko 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.
9 I will praise thee for ever for what thou hast done; I will trust in thy name, because it is good, Before the eyes of thy godly ones!
Ka 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.
