1 B lessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Na Rawiri. Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, toku kamaka, e whakaako nei i oku ringa ki te whawhai, i oku maihao ki te tatau;

2 M y goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Ko te atawhai moku, ko toku pa, ko toku pourewa me toku kaiwhakaora; ko toku whakangungu rakau, ko taku e whakawhirinaki ai; ko te kaipehi hoki o toku iwi ki raro i ahau.

3 L ord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

E Ihowa, he aha te tangata i maharatia ai ia e koe? Te tama ranei a te tangata i whakaaroa ai ia e koe?

4 M an is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Ko te rite o te tangata kei te mea memeha noa: ona ra me te mea he atarangi e rere atu ana.

5 B ow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Whakapikoa iho ou rangi e Ihowa, a heke iho: pa ki nga maunga, a ka pongere.

6 C ast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Kokiritia mai he uira hei whakamarara i a ratou: koperea mai au pere, kia whati ai ratou.

7 S end thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Totoro iho tou ringa i runga: tangohia ahau, whakaorangia ahau i nga wai nunui, i te ringa o nga tangata ke;

8 W hose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

E korero teka nei to ratou mangai, a he ringa matau teka to ratou ringa matau.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Ka waiatatia e ahau he waiata hou ki a koe, e te Atua: ka himene atu ahau ki a koe i runga i te hatere aho tekau.

10 I t is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Ko ia te kaihomai i te whakaoranga ki nga kingi, te kaiwhakaora i a Rawiri, i tana pononga, i te hoari whakamate.

11 R id me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Tangohia ahau, whakaorangia hoki i nga ringa o nga tangata ke, e korero teka nei o ratou mangai, a he ringa matau teka to ratou ringa matau.

12 T hat our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

A, kia rite a matou tama i to ratou taitamarikitanga ki nga mahuri e tupu ake ana; a matou tamahine hoki ki nga kohatu kokonga, whakapaipai rawa, no te whare rangatira te tauira;

13 T hat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

Kia ki a matou pakoro, mo te tiki noa atu i tena mea, i tena mea: kia mano, kia tini nga hua o a matou hipi i o matou parae;

14 T hat our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Kia taimaha a matou kau i nga pikaunga; kia kahore he pakarutanga mai ki roto, he whatinga atu hoki ki waho, a kia kahore he aue i o matou huarahi;

15 H appy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

Ka hari te iwi e pena ana: ae, ka hari te iwi ko Ihowa nei to ratou Atua.