Waiata 146

1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. E toku wairua, whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 I ahau e ora nei ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a Ihowa; ka himene ahau ki toku Atua i ahau i te ao nei.

While I live I will praise Jehovah. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

3 Kei whakawhirinaki ki nga rangatira, ki te tama ranei a te tangata, kahore nei he awhina.

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 Ko te putanga atu o tona wairua, hoki ana ia ki tona oneone; kore iho ona whakaaro i taua ra pu ano.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Ka hari te tangata ko te Atua nei o Hakopa tona kaiawhina: ko tana e tumanako ai ko Ihowa, ko tona Atua;

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

6 Ko te kaihanga o te rangi, o te whenua, o te moana, o nga mea katoa o reira; e pupuri nei i te pono ake ake;

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,

7 E tohe nei i te whakawa a te hunga e tukinotia ana: e whangai nei i te hunga mate hiakai: ko Ihowa hei wewete i nga herehere:

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah releases the prisoners.

8 Ko Ihowa hei whakatitiro i nga matapo: ko Ihowa hei whakaara i te hunga kua whakapikoa iho: e aroha ana a Ihowa ki te hunga tika.

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

9 Ko Ihowa hei tiaki i nga manene; ko ia hei tautoko i te pani, i te pouaru: ko te ara ia o te hunga kino, ka huripokitia e ia.

Jehovah preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10 Ko Ihowa hei kingi ake ake, ae, ko tou Atua, e Hiona, tae noa ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

Jehovah will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.