Psalms 43

1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

E HOOPONO mai oe ia'u, e ke Akua, No'u nei hoi e hakaka'i i ka lahuikanaka aloha ole: E hoopakele ia'u i ke kanaka hooopunipuni, me ka hoopono ole.

2 For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

No ka mea, o oe no ko'u Akua e ikaika ai: No ke aha la oe e hoopailua mai ia'u? No ka aha la e u hele ai au no ka hooluhihewa ana mai o ka enemi?

3 Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They — they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

E hoopnka i kou malamalama a me kou oiaio: E alakai ia mau mea ia'u; A e lawe hoi ia'u i kou mauna hoano, a i kou mau halelewa.

4 And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

Alaila e hele au i ke kuahu o ke Akua, I ke Akua ko'u olioli nui: Oiaio, ma ka lira e hoolea aku ai au ia oe, e ke Akua ko'u Akua.

5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

No ke aha la oe i hoohaahaaia'i, e kuu uhane? No ke aha la oe i paumako ai iloko o'u? E hoolana i ka manao i ke Akua; No ka mea, e hoolea auanei au ia ia: Oia ke ola o ko'u maka, a me kuu Akua.