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 music director. A psalm of Asaph. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A song. We thank you, God, we thank you because you are close beside us. People tell about the wonderful things you have done.
2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
God says, “When the time I have decided comes, I will judge fairly.
3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)
When the earth quakes, and all its inhabitants tremble, I am the one who holds it steady. (Selah)
4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.
To those who boast I say, ‘Don't boast!’ I tell the wicked, ‘Don't be proud!’
5 Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.
No, don't be proud and arrogant, insulting heaven.”
6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
For no one, from the east to the west, or from the wilderness, should think so highly of themselves.
7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawa; ko tenei e whakaititia iho ana e ia, ko tera e whakaarahia ake ana.
God is the one who decides—who he will bring down and who he will lift up.
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 the Lord has a cup in his hand, full of bubbling wine mixed with spices. He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it deeply, down to the last drop.
9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
But I will speak about you forever. 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.
For God says, “I will break the power of the wicked; but I will give my support to those who do what is good.”
