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 leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.” We give thanks to thee, O God! we give thanks to thee, and near is thy name; Men shall declare thy wondrous deeds!
2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
“When I see my time, Then will I judge with equity.
3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)
The earth trembleth, and all her inhabitants; But I uphold her 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, Behave not proudly! To the wicked, Lift not up your 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, And speak not with a stiff neck!
6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor 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 it is God that judgeth; He putteth down one, and setteth 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 there is a cup; The wine is foaming and full of spices, And of it he poureth out; Even to the dregs shall all the wicked of the earth drink it.
9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
Therefore I will extol him for ever; 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.
“I will bring down all the power of the wicked; But the righteous shall lift up their heads.”
