Waiata 123

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. Ka anga atu oku kanohi ki a koe, e koe e noho mai nei i nga rangi.

[A Song of Ascents.] To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

2 Ina, pera tonu nga kanohi o nga pononga e titiro nei ki te ringa o to ratou rangatira, nga kanohi hoki o te kotiro ki te ringa o tona rangatira wahine; me o matou kanohi e titiro nei ki a Ihowa, ki to matou Atua, kia tohu ra ano ia i a matou.

Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to YHWH, our God, until he has mercy on us.

3 Tohungia matou, e Ihowa, tohungia matou: kua tino kapi hoki matou i te whakahawea.

Have mercy on us, YHWH, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

4 Kapi tonu to matou wairua i te whakahi a te hunga e noho noa ana, i te whakahawea a te hunga whakakake.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.