Psalms 64

1 To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki toku reo, e te Atua, ina inoi atu ahau: tiakina toku ora i te wehi o te hoariri.

2 Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.

Huna ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a nga kaimahi i te he;

3 Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;

Kua whakakoi nei i o ratou arero, ano he hoari, kua whakatika nei i a ratou pere, ara i nga kupu kikino,

4 To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.

Hei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.

5 They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

E whakamaia ana ratou i a ratou ano ki te mea kino; e runanga ana kia whakatakotoria pukutia he rore, e mea ana, Ko wai e kite i a ratou?

6 They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.

E rapu hara ana ratou; e mea ana, Kua ata rapu marie tatou: taea noatia te hohonutanga o te whakaaro o ia tangata, a ko te ngakau he hohonu.

7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!

Ma te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.

8 When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

Heoi ka meinga ratou kia tapatu, ko to ratou arero ake ano ka tu atu ki a ratou; a ka ruru i to ratou matenga te hunga katoa e kite i a ratou.

9 Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.

Ka wehi ano hoki nga tangata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua: ka ata maharatia hoki e ratou tana mahi.

10 The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.

Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.