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.
We yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you, God. We yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise·, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
2 Ka kitea e ahau te wa e rite ana, ka tika taku whakawa.
When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
3 Kuteretere noa iho te whenua me ona tangata katoa; naku i whakatu ona pou. (Hera)
The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, Kati ra te whakakake; ki te hunga hara ano, Kaua e whakaarahia te haona.
I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
5 Kaua to koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga: kati te whakamaro i te kaki ina korero.
Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
6 No te mea kahore he aranga i te rawhiti, kahore i te hauauru, kahore hoki i te tonga.
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
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. He puts down one, and lifts 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 Adonai’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu: ka himene ki te Atua o Hakopa.
But I will declare this forever: I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· to the God of Jacob [Supplanter].
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 cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the upright shall be lifted up.
