Waiata 9

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Muturapena. He himene na Rawiri. Ka whakapaua toku ngakau ki te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa, ka korerotia e ahau au mahi whakamiharo katoa.

I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works.

2 Ka koa ahau, ka whakamanamana ki a koe, ka himene atu ki tou ingoa, e te Runga Rawa.

I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

3 I te hokinga whakamuri o oku hoariri, tutuki ana ratou, ngaro iho i tou aroaro.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.

4 Nau hoki i whakatika aku korero me toku whakawa; i runga koe i te torona e noho ana, e whakarite tika ana.

For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.

5 Kua whakatupehupehu koe ki nga tauiwi, huna ana e koe te tangata kino, horoia atu ana to ratou ingoa ake ake.

Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 Ko te hoariri, mutu pu ratou, he ngaromanga oti tonu iho: a ko nga pa i huna e koe, ngaro whakarere to ratou whakamaharatanga.

The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,

7 Ko Ihowa ia noho tonu hei kingi ake, ake: kua whakapaia e ia tona torona mo te whakawa.

but Jehovah will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,

8 A e whakarite ia mo te ao i runga i te tika, ka whakatakoto tikanga mo nga iwi i runga i te pono.

and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

9 Hei pa teko ano a Ihowa mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, hei pa teko i nga wa o te he.

Jehovah will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

10 A ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe te hunga e matau ana ki tou ingoa: no te mea e kore e whakarerea e koe, e Ihowa, te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek thee.

11 Himene ki a Ihowa e noho nei i Hiona: whakapuakina i waenganui i nga iwi ana mahi.

Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.

12 Ka whakataki toto ia, ka mahara ia ki a ratou: kahore e wareware i a ia te karanga a te hunga iti.

For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.

13 Tohungia ahau, e Ihowa; titiro ki toku mate i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, e te kaiwhakaara i ahau i nga tatau o te mate:

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death

14 Kia whakakitea katoatia ai e ahau ou whakamoemiti i nga tatau o te tamahine o Hiona: ka hari ahau ki tau whakaoranga.

that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 Kua tapoko nga tauiwi ki te rua i keria e ratou: kua mau to ratou waewae i roto i te kupenga i huna e ratou.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

16 Kua matauria a Ihowa ki te whakawa e whakaritea ana e ia: he mahanga mo te tangata kino te mahi a ona ringa. (Hikaiono. (Hera)

Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)

17 Ka hoki nga tangata kino ki te reinga, ara nga iwi katoa e wareware ana ki te Atua. (Sheol h7585)

Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)

18 E kore hoki e warewarea tonutia te tangata rawakore: e kore e taka tonu ta te hunga iti i tumanako atu ai.

For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.

19 E ara, e Ihowa, kei riro i ta te tangata: kia whakawakia nga tauiwi i tou aroaro.

Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

20 E Ihowa, meinga ratou kia wehi: kia matau nga tauiwi he tangata nei ano ratou. (Hera)

Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. (Selah)