1 K i te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
2 E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera.
You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
4 E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.
You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
5 K a whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera.
But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,
The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying,
7 I nana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.
“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire.”
8 K o ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
9 K a whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.
I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.