Waiata 146
1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. E toku wairua, whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.
2 I ahau e ora nei ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a Ihowa; ka himene ahau ki toku Atua i ahau i te ao nei.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:
3 Kei whakawhirinaki ki nga rangatira, ki te tama ranei a te tangata, kahore nei he awhina.
In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Ko te putanga atu o tona wairua, hoki ana ia ki tona oneone; kore iho ona whakaaro i taua ra pu ano.
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
5 Ka hari te tangata ko te Atua nei o Hakopa tona kaiawhina: ko tana e tumanako ai ko Ihowa, ko tona Atua;
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord 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 things that are in them.
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 keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
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.
The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
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.
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
10 Ko Ihowa hei kingi ake ake, ae, ko tou Atua, e Hiona, tae noa ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.
