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 end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon thy name: I will declare all thy wonderful works.

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

When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

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

The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. (Pause)

4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.

I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

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

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.

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

For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

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

For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises 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 [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].

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

But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises 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.

And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.