Waiata 88
1 He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
A song or Psalme of Heman the Ezrahite to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah for him that excelleth upon Malath Leannoth. O Lord God of my saluation, I cry day and night before thee.
2 Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue. (Sheol h7585)
4 Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:
5 I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.
6 Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
7 E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera)
Thine indignation lyeth vpon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy waues. (Selah)
8 Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from me, and made mee to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, and cannot get foorth.
9 Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
Mine eye is sorowfull through mine affliction: Lord, I call dayly vpon thee: I stretch out mine hands vnto thee.
10 Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera)
Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? (Selah)
11 Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction?
12 E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
13 Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee.
14 He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?
15 No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
16 I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
Thine indignations goe ouer me, and thy feare hath cut me off.
17 Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.
18 Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.
