Waiata 39
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi, ki a Ierutunu. He himene na Rawiri. I mea ahau, Ka ata whakaaro ahau ki oku ara, kei hara toku arero; ka tiakina toku mangai, paraire rawa, i te mea kei toku aroaro te tangata kino.
to/for to conduct (to/for Jeduthun *Q(K)*) melody to/for David to say to keep: guard way: conduct my from to sin in/on/with tongue my to keep: guard to/for lip my muzzle in/on/with still wicked to/for before me
2 I whakamoroki ahau, i wahangu, kihai i puaki taku kupu, ahakoa pai; a ka oho toku mamae.
be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble
3 Werawera ana toku ngakau i roto i ahau; i ahau e whakaaro ana ka ka te ahi, a ka korero toku arero.
to warm heart my in/on/with entrails: among my in/on/with meditation my to burn: burn fire to speak: speak in/on/with tongue my
4 E Ihowa, meinga ahau kia matau ki toku mutunga, ki te maha hoki o oku ra, e hia ranei: kia matau ai ahau he mea memeha noa ahau.
to know me LORD end my and measure day my what? he/she/it to know what? rejected/fleeting I
5 Nana, he whanuitanga ringa oku ra kua homai nei e koe; he kahore noa iho ano oku tau i tou aroaro: ahakoa u noa te tu o nga tangata katoa, he mea memeha kau. (Hera)
behold handbreadth to give: make day my and lifetime/world my like/as nothing before you surely all vanity all man to stand (Selah)
6 He pono kei roto i te atarangi te tangata e kopikopiko noa ana; he pono e ohorere noa ana ratou: e ami ana ia i te taonga, a kahore e matau ma wai ranei e kohi.
surely in/on/with image to go: walk man surely vanity to roar [emph?] to heap and not to know who? to gather them
7 Na he aha taku e tatari atu nei, e te Ariki? Ko koe taku e tumanako ai.
and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it
8 Whakaorangia ahau i aku mahi tutu katoa: kaua ahau e waiho hei tawainga ma te wairangi.
from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me
9 Wahangu ana ahau, kihai i kuihi toku mangai: he meatanga hoki tenei nau.
be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do
10 Nekehia atu i ahau tau whiu: ka ngaro ahau i te pakinga a tou ringa.
to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend
11 Ka pakia e koe te tangata, ka whakatupehupehutia mo te hara, ka meinga e koe tona ataahua kia memeha, kia pera me te purehurehu: he pono he mea teka noa nga tangata katoa. (Hera)
in/on/with argument upon iniquity: crime to discipline man and to liquefy like/as moth to desire his surely vanity all man (Selah)
12 Whakarongo ki taku inoi, e Ihowa, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku karanga; kei wahangu koe ki oku roimata: he heke hoki ahau nau, he manene, he pera me oku matua katoa.
to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my LORD and cry my to listen [emph?] to(wards) tears my not be quiet for sojourner I with you sojourner like/as all father my
13 Kia ata hanga ki ahau, kia ta ai toku manawa, keiwha haere atu ahau i konei, a ka kahore noa iho.
to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I
