Waiata 17
1 He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.
prayer to/for David to hear: hear [emph?] LORD righteousness to listen [emph?] cry my to listen [emph?] prayer my in/on/with not lips deceit
2 Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.
from to/for face your justice: judgement my to come out: come eye your to see uprightness
3 Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.
to test heart my to reckon: visit night to refine me not to find to plan not to pass: trespass lip my
4 Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.
to/for wages man in/on/with word lips your I to keep: guard way violent
5 I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.
to grasp step my in/on/with track your not to shake beat my
6 Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.
I to call: call to you for to answer me God to stretch ear your to/for me to hear: hear word my
7 Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.
be distinguished kindness your to save to seek refuge from to arise: attack in/on/with right your
8 Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,
to keep: guard me like/as pupil daughter eye in/on/with shadow wing your to hide me
9 I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.
from face: before wicked this to ruin me enemy my in/on/with soul: life to surround upon me
10 E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.
fat their to shut lip their to speak: speak in/on/with majesty
11 Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.
step our now (to turn: surround us *Q(K)*) eye their to set: make to/for to stretch in/on/with land: soil
12 Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.
likeness his like/as lion to long to/for to tear and like/as lion to dwell in/on/with hiding
13 E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;
to arise: rise [emph?] LORD to meet [emph?] face of his to bow him to escape [emph?] soul my from wicked sword your
14 I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.
from man hand: power your LORD from man from lifetime/world portion their in/on/with life (and to treasure your *Q(K)*) to fill belly: womb their to satisfy son: child and to rest remainder their to/for infant their
15 Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.
I in/on/with righteousness to see face your to satisfy in/on/with to awake likeness your
