Waiata 75
1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Aratakiti. He himene, he waiata na Ahapa. Ka whakawhetai tonu matou ki a koe, e te Atua; ka whakawhetai tonu matou, kei te tata mai hoki tou ingoa: e korerotia ana e te tangata au mahi whakamiharo.
For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.
4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.
I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
5 Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
8 Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowa he kapu, pahuka tonu te waina; ki tonu, whakananu rawa, hei ringihanga mana: ko nga nganga ia, ma te hunga kino katoa o te whenua e tatau, e inu.
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10 A ka kotia e ahau nga haona katoa o te hunga kino: ka whakaarahia ake ia nga haona o te tangata tika.
“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
