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.

To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song. To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)

When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah)

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 men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

5 Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.

Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks.

6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.

For honour does not come from the east, or from the west, or uplifting from the south;

7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.

But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up 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 in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.

But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of 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.

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.