< 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.
[By David.] Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in LORD without wavering.
2 Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.
Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
3 Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.
For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in 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 deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
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 hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
6 Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;
7 A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.
that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous works.
8 E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.
LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
9 Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.
Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
10 He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.
in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.
11 Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to 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 I will bless the LORD.

< Waiata 26 >