Waiata 146
1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. E toku wairua, whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, 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 will I praise the LORD: 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 princes, [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 goeth forth, he returneth 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] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, 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 that [is] in them: who keepeth truth for ever:
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 executeth judgment for the oppressed: who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth 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.
The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth 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.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 Ko Ihowa hei kingi ake ake, ae, ko tou Atua, e Hiona, tae noa ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.
The LORD will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
