Waiata 64
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki toku reo, e te Atua, ina inoi atu ahau: tiakina toku ora i te wehi o te hoariri.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Huna ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a nga kaimahi i te he;
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
3 Kua whakakoi nei i o ratou arero, ano he hoari, kua whakatika nei i a ratou pere, ara i nga kupu kikino,
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
4 Hei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
5 E whakamaia ana ratou i a ratou ano ki te mea kino; e runanga ana kia whakatakotoria pukutia he rore, e mea ana, Ko wai e kite i a ratou?
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
6 E rapu hara ana ratou; e mea ana, Kua ata rapu marie tatou: taea noatia te hohonutanga o te whakaaro o ia tangata, a ko te ngakau he hohonu.
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
7 Ma te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
8 Heoi ka meinga ratou kia tapatu, ko to ratou arero ake ano ka tu atu ki a ratou; a ka ruru i to ratou matenga te hunga katoa e kite i a ratou.
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
9 Ka wehi ano hoki nga tangata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua: ka ata maharatia hoki e ratou tana mahi.
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
10 Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
