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 Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.

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

When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.

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

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established 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 said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, 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 arrogantly with a [stiff] neck.

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

For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation [come]:

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 putteth down one and exalteth 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 Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.

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

But as for me, I will declare for ever; I will sing psalms 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 all the horns of the wicked will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.