Waiata 47

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Pakia o koutou ringa, e nga iwi katoa: hamama ki te Atua, kia hari te reo.

To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. All people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.

2 No te mea he wehi a Ihowa, te Runga Rawa, he kingi nui ia no te whenua katoa.

For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.

3 Mana e riro ai nga iwi ki raro i a tatou, me nga tautangata ki raro ki o tatou waewae.

He hath subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.

4 Mana e whiriwhiri to tatou nohoanga mo tatou, te mea pai rawa o Hakopa, o tana i aroha ai. (Hera)

Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. (Selah)

5 Kua kake atu te Atua i roto i te hamama, a Ihowa i roto i te tangi o te tetere.

God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.

6 Himene ki te Atua, himene atu; himene ki to tatou Kingi, himene atu.

Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.

7 Ko te Atua hoki te Kingi o te whenua katoa: himene atu i runga i te mohio.

For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.

8 Ko te Atua te Kingi o nga tauiwi: e noho ana te Atua i runga i te torona o tona tapu.

God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.

9 Kua huihui nga rangatira o nga iwi, hei iwi mo te Atua o Aperahama: na te Atua hoki nga whakangungu rakau o te whenua; kua whakanuia rawatia ia.

The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be exalted.