Waiata 91
1 Ko te tangata kei te wahi ngaro o te Runga Rawa tona kainga, ka noho ia i raro i te taumarumarutanga o te Kaha Rawa.
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 Ka kiia e ahau a Ihowa, Ko ia toku piringa, toku pa, toku Atua, ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Mana hoki koe e whakaora i te mahanga a te kaihopu manu, i te mate nanakia.
Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the dangerous pestilence.
4 Ka hipokina koe e ia ki ona hou, a ka piri koe ki raro i ona pakau: ko tona pono hei whakangungu rakau, hei puapua mou.
He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 E kore koe e wehi i te mea whakamataku i te po: i te pere e rere ana i te awatea.
You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;
6 I te mate uruta e rere ana i te pouri: i te whakangaromanga e whakangaro ana i te poutumarotanga.
Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 He mano te hinga ki tou taha, tekau hoki nga mano ki tou matau; otiia e kore e tata ki a koe.
A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come nigh you.
8 Ka titiro kau ou kanohi, ka matakitaki ki te utu mo te hunga kino.
Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Ko koe hoki, e Ihowa, toku piranga! kua waiho e koe te Runga Rawa hei nohoanga mou:
Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation;
10 Kahore he kino e pa ki a koe, kahore ano he whiu e tata ki tou teneti.
There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come nigh your dwelling.
11 Ka korerotia iho hoki koe e ia ki ana anahera kia tiakina koe i ou ara katoa.
For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
12 Ma ratou koe e hiki ake ki o ratou ringa, kei tutuki tou waewae ki te kohatu.
They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 Ka haere koe i runga i te raiona, i te neke: ka takahia e koe ki raro te kuao raiona me te nakahi.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet.
14 Ka whakaora ahau i a ia, mona i aroha ki ahau; maku ia e whakateitei ake, mona i matau ki toku ingoa.
Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15 Ka karanga ia ki ahau, a ka whakahoki kupu ahau ki a ia: ka tata ahau ki a ia i te wa o te he; maku ia e whakaora, maku ano ia e whakahonore.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 Ka whakaroaina e ahau ona ra, a na noa ia: ka whakakitea hoki taku whakaoranga ki a ia.
With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
