Waiata 52
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
2 E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera)
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.
4 E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera)
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
7 Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.
I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
