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, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

2 Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.

3 Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.

For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy 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 vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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 evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

6 Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

7 A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

8 E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

9 Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

10 He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.

11 Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.

And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

12 E tu ana toku waewae i te wahi tika: ka whakapaingia a Ihowa e ahau i roto i nga whakaminenga.

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!