Waiata 131

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. E Ihowa, ehara toku i te ngakau whakapehapeha: ehara ano oku i te kanohi whakakake: kahore hoki ahau e rahurahu ki nga mea nunui, e kore nei e taea e ahau.

A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

2 He pono kua meinga e ahau toku wairua kia tau, a kia mahaki, pera i to te tamaiti kua wehea i te u o tona whaea: he rite toku wairua ki te tamaiti katahi nei ka wehe i te u.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 E Iharaira, kia tumanako ki a Ihowa: aianei a ake tonu atu.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.