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.
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
2 Huna ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a nga kaimahi i te he;
Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
3 Kua whakakoi nei i o ratou arero, ano he hoari, kua whakatika nei i a ratou pere, ara i nga kupu kikino,
Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
4 Hei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.
To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
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 encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
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 haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
7 Ma te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.
But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.
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 shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.
9 Ka wehi ano hoki nga tangata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua: ka ata maharatia hoki e ratou tana mahi.
And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.
10 Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.
But the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce.
