Psalms 55
1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri, na Rawiri. E te Atua, tahuri mai tou taringa ki taku inoi: kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.
2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan;
Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau: pokaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei, e hamama nei;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
I te reo hoki o te hoariri, i te tukino a te tangata kino: no te mea e utaina ana e ratou he hara ki runga ki ahau, a e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Mamae pu toku ngakau i roto i ahau: kua taka ki runga ki ahau nga wehi whakamate.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Kua pa ki ahau te wehi me te wiri: a pokia iho ahau e te whakamataku.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Na ko taku meatanga, Aue, te whai pakau ahau me he kukupa; penei ka rere atu ahau, a ka whai okiokinga.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)
Katahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti; a noho rawa atu i te koraha. (Hera)
8 I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.
Ka hohoro toku rere atu i te hau, i te awha.
9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehia o ratou arero; kua kitea hoki e ahau te tukino me te tutu o roto o te pa.
10 Day and night they go about upon the walls thereof: iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
Haereere ana ratou i te ao, i te po, i runga i ona taiepa, a tawhio noa: he kino kei roto, he hianga.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: oppression and guile depart not from her streets.
He hara kei waenganui ona: kahore ona ara e mahue i te tinihanga, i te hianga.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Ehara hoki i te hoariri nana ahau i tawai; penei e taea e ahau te whakaririka: ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai noku i whakakake ki ahau; penei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.
Nau ia, na te tangata i rite ki ahau, na toku takahoa, na taku i mohio ai.
14 We took sweet counsel together, we walked in the house of God with the throng.
Ahuareka tonu ta taua korerorero; haere tahi ana hoki taua i roto i te ropu ki te whare o te Atua.
15 Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
Kia mau ohorere ratou i te mate, kia heke ora ki te reinga: he hara hoki kei o ratou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a ratou. (Sheol h7585)
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua: a ma Ihowa ahau e whakaora.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan: and he shall hear my voice.
I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutumarotanga, ka inoi ahau, ka tangi: a ka whakarongo ia ki toku reo.
18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for they were many [that strove] with me.
Whakaorangia ana e ia toku wairua i runga i te rangimarie i ahau e whakaekea ana: he tokomaha hoki oku hoa whawhai.
19 God shall hear, and answer them, even he that abideth of old, (Selah) [the men] who have no changes, and who fear not God.
Ka whakarongo te Atua, no tua iho nei tona nohoanga, a ka whakahoki i ta ratou. (Hera) Ko te hunga kahore o ratou whakawhitiwhitinga, a kahore o ratou wehi ki te Atua.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: he hath profaned his covenant.
Kua totoro ona ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei ta ratou rongo ki a ia; kua whakataka e ia tana kawenata.
21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Maeneene atu tona mangai i te pata, he whawhai ia kei roto i tona ngakau: ngawari atu ana kupu i te hinu, kahore, he hoari kua oti te unu.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Maka ki runga ki a Ihowa tau pikaunga, a mana koe e whakau ake: e kore e tukua e ia te hunga tika kia whakangaueuetia ake ake.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Mau ia ratou e mea, e te Atua, kia heke ki te poka o te pirau: e kore nga tangata toto, nga tangata hianga e tutuki ki te hawhe o o ratou ra; ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.
