Waiata 26
1 Na Rawiri. Whakawakia ahau, e Ihowa, kua haere nei hoki ahau i te tapatahitanga o toku ngakau: kua whakawhirinaki ano ki a Ihowa, na, e kore e paheke.
[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.
2 Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.
3 Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.
For your mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with your truth.
4 Kahore ahau i noho tahi ki nga tangata horihori; e kore ano ahau e tomo tahi me nga tangata tinihanga.
I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.
5 Kino tonu ahau ki te whakaminenga o nga kaimahi i te he, e kore ano ahau e noho tahi ki te hunga kino.
I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].
6 Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;
I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass your altar, O Lord:
7 A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.
to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your wonderful works.
8 E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.
O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory.
9 Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.
Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:
10 He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.
in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.
11 Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.
But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.
12 E tu ana toku waewae i te wahi tika: ka whakapaingia a Ihowa e ahau i roto i nga whakaminenga.
My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.
