1 H e waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

“ Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,

2 M e kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

“Had it not been the Lord who was on our side When men rose up against us,

3 P enei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

4 K ua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

5 P enei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

6 K ia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

7 K ua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

8 K ei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.