Waiata 130

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. I karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i roto i nga hohonu.

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2 E te Ariki, whakarongo mai ki toku reo: kia anga mai ou taringa ki toku reo inoi.

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3 Me i maharatia e koe nga kino, e Ihowa, ko wai, e te Ariki, e tu?

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

4 Otira he muru hara tau, e wehingia ai koe.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

5 E tatari ana ahau ki a Ihowa; e tatari ana toku wairua: e tumanako ana hoki ahau ki tana kupu.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

6 Ko te taringa o toku wairua i te Ariki nui atu i to te hunga e whanga ana ki te ata; ae, i to te hunga e whanga ana ki te ata.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 E Iharaira, kia tumanako ki a Ihowa, kei a Ihowa hoki te mahi tohu, a kei a ia te hokonga nui.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 A mana a Iharaira e hoko i roto i ona he katoa.

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.