Psalms 64

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest 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 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult 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 sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed 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 the perfect, Suddenly they shoot 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 themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

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 search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.

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 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

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

8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

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 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

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 doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

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