1 O God of my praise! Keep not silence,

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:

2 F or the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues.

Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku.

3 T hey have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause.

I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.

4 I n return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.

Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.

5 A nd they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.

6 S et a wicked man over him, and let accuser stand at his right hand.

Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.

7 W hen is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer be turned into a sin.

Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.

8 L et his days be few; and let another take his office and charge.

Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.

9 L et his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.

10 L et his children be continual vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes.

Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke.

11 L et the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor.

Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.

12 L et there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.

13 L et his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out.

Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.

14 L et the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.

15 L et them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!—

Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua.

16 B ecause the man did not remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart to slay.

Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou.

17 Y es, he loved cursing, and it came upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia.

18 H e clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward like water, and like oil into his bones.

I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.

19 L et it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.

Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.

20 L et this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.

Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.

21 B ut You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name’s sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.

Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau,

22 F or I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.

He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.

23 I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.

Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.

24 M y knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness.

Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.

25 I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.

26 H elp me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!—

Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.

27 T hat they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it.

Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.

28 L et them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.

Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.

29 L et my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.

Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.

30 I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.

Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano.

31 F or He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.

E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.