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 THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an 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 secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult 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 sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
4 Hei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.
To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not 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 strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”
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 search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.
7 Ma te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
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.
And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees 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 fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
10 Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.
The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!
