Psalms 43

1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

E te Atua, whakaritea taku whakawa, whakatikaia aku korero ki te iwi atuakore: whakaorangia ahau i te tangata tinihanga e mahi nei i te he.

2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Ko koe hoki te Atua o toku kaha: he aha ahau ka panga nei e koe? He aha ahau ka haere pouri ai i te tukino a te hoariri?

3 Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.

Tukua mai tou marama me tou pono hei arahi i ahau: hei kawe i ahau ki tou maunga tapu, ki ou tapenakara.

4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

A ka haere ahau ki te aata a te Atua, ki te Atua, ki toku hari nui: ae, ka whakamoemiti ki a koe, e te Atua, e toku Atua, i runga i te hapa.

5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

He aha koe i piko ai, e toku wairua? He aha koe i ohorere ai i roto i ahau? Tumanako ki te Atua: tera ano ahau e whakawhetai ki a ia, ko te ora nei ia o toku mata, ko toku Atua.