Waiata 7
1 He Hikaiono na Rawiri, tana i waiata ai ki a Ihowa mo nga kupu a Kuhu Pineamine. E Ihowa, e toku Atua, kei a koe toku whakawhirinakitanga: kia ora ahau i te hunga katoa e aru ana i ahau, kia mawhiti atu hoki ahau:
“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, and deliver me:
2 Kei haehae ia i toku wairua, ano he raiona, a titaritari noa, i te mea kahore he kaiarai.
Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
3 E Ihowa, e toku Atua, ki te mea naku tena mahi, ki te mea he hara kei oku ringa;
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
4 Ki te mea i whakahokia e ahau he kino ki te tangata kua mau nei ta maua rongo; i whakaora nei hoki ahau i te tangata i kino noa mai ki ahau:
If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants without cause:
5 Kia arumia toku wairua e te hoariri, a kia mau; kia takahia hoki toku ora e ia ki te whenua, kia whakatokotoria ano toku kororia ki te puehu. (Hera)
May the enemy hotly pursue my soul, and overtake it; and tread down upon the earth my life, and cause my honor to be in the dust. (Selah)
6 E Ihowa, whakatika, kia riri koe, ara ake, e nana nei hoki oku hoa whawhai: kia oho ake hoki koe moku; kua kiia e koe te whakawa.
Arise, O Lord, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 Tukua kia karapotia koe e te whakaminenga o nga iwi: ma runga atu i a ratou tou hokinga atu ki runga.
So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
8 Ko Ihowa e whakarite whakawa ana mo nga iwi; kia rite, e Ihowa, tau whakawa moku ki taku mahi tika, ki te tapatahi hoki o oku whakaaro.
The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
9 Kia whakamutua te kino o te hunga kino: whakaukia hoki te tangata tika: e whakamatautau ana hoki te Atua tika i nga ngakau, i nga whatumanawa.
Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.
10 Kei te Atua toku whakangungu rakau, mana e whakaora te hunga ngakau tika.
My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
11 He kaiwhakawa tika te Atua, ae ra, he Atua e riri ana i tenei ra, i tenei ra.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
12 Ki te kore tetahi e tahuri, ka whakakoia e ia tana hoari; kua whakapikoa e ia tana kopere, a oti rawa te whakapai.
If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
13 Oti rawa ano ana mea whakamate te whakapai e ia; kua meinga e ia ana pere ano he ahi.
Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Nana, he kino te mea e whakamamae nei ia; he whanoke te mea i hapu ki roto ki a ia, a whanau ake he teka.
Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 I pokaia e ia he poka, he mea keri nana, taka iho ia ki roto ki te rua i mahia e ia.
He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
16 Ka hoki tona whanoke ki tona matenga, a ka tau iho tana tukino ki tona tumuaki.
His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
17 Ka rite ki tona tika taku whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa: ka himene atu hoki ahau ki te ingoa o Ihowa, o te Runga Rawa.
I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
