Waiata 56
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Ionata ereme rehokime. Na Rawiri. He Mikitama, i a ia ka mau i nga Pirihitini ki Kata. Tohungia ahau e te Atua, ka horomia hoki ahau e te tangata: e tukino ana ia ki ahau i te ra roa nei, i a ia e ngangare tonu nei.
Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
2 E whai ana oku hoariri i te ra roa nei, kia horomia ahau; he tokomaha nei hoki e whakahi ana, e whawhai mai ana ki ahau.
My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.
3 Ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a koe i te wa e mataku ai ahau.
From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
4 Ma te Atua ahau ka whakamoemiti ki tana kupu: e whakawhirinaki ana ahau ki te Atua, e kore ahau e wehi. He aha ta te kikokiko e mea ai ki ahau?
In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.
5 E whakariroia ketia ana e ratou aku kupu i nga ra katoa; heoi ano ta ratou e whakaaro ai ko te kino moku.
All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.
6 E huihui ana ratou, e piri ana: e titiro matatau ana ki oku hikoinga, i a ratou e whanga nei ki toku wairua.
They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,
7 Ma te he koia ratou ka mawhiti ai? kia riri koe, e te Atua, whakataka iho hoki nga iwi.
For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,
8 E taua ana e koe oku kopikopikotanga: rongoatia oku roimata ki roto ki tau ipu: kahore ianei i tau pukapuka?
I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.
9 I te ra e karanga ai ahau ka hoki whakamuri oku hoariri: e matau ana ahau ki tenei, kei ahau hoki te Atua.
Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
10 Ma te Atua ahau ka whakamoemiti ai ki tana kupu; ma Ihowa ahau ka whakamoemiti ai ki tana kupu.
In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech.
11 E whakawhirinaki ana ahau ki te Atua: e kore ahau e wehi. He aha ta te tangata e mea ai ki ahau?
In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.
12 Kei ahau nga kupu taurangi ki a koe, e te Atua: me tuku e ahau nga whakamoemiti ki a koe.
In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:
13 Nau hoki toku wairua i whakaora kei mata: e kore ianei koe e whakau i oku waewae kei paheke, kia haere ai ahau i te aroaro o te Atua i roto i te marama o te hunga ora.
Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
