1 K i te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri, na Rawiri. E te Atua, tahuri mai tou taringa ki taku inoi: kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.

¶ Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide thyself from my supplication.

2 A nga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau: pokaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei, e hamama nei;

Attend unto me and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make a noise

3 I te reo hoki o te hoariri, i te tukino a te tangata kino: no te mea e utaina ana e ratou he hara ki runga ki ahau, a e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.

because of the voice of the enemy because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

4 M amae pu toku ngakau i roto i ahau: kua taka ki runga ki ahau nga wehi whakamate.

My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 K ua pa ki ahau te wehi me te wiri: a pokia iho ahau e te whakamataku.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

6 N a ko taku meatanga, Aue, te whai pakau ahau me he kukupa; penei ka rere atu ahau, a ka whai okiokinga.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.

7 K atahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti; a noho rawa atu i te koraha. (Hera.

Behold, then I would flee far away and dwell in the wilderness. Selah.

8 K a hohoro toku rere atu i te hau, i te awha.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

9 W hakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehia o ratou arero; kua kitea hoki e ahau te tukino me te tutu o roto o te pa.

¶ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 H aereere ana ratou i te ao, i te po, i runga i ona taiepa, a tawhio noa: he kino kei roto, he hianga.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 H e hara kei waenganui ona: kahore ona ara e mahue i te tinihanga, i te hianga.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

12 E hara hoki i te hoariri nana ahau i tawai; penei e taea e ahau te whakaririka: ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai noku i whakakake ki ahau; penei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it, neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

13 N au ia, na te tangata i rite ki ahau, na toku takahoa, na taku i mohio ai.

But it was thou, who in my estimation was, my lord, and of my own family.

14 A huareka tonu ta taua korerorero; haere tahi ana hoki taua i roto i te ropu ki te whare o te Atua.

We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company.

15 K ia mau ohorere ratou i te mate, kia heke ora ki te reinga: he hara hoki kei o ratou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a ratou.

Let them be condemned unto death, and let them go down alive into Sheol for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

16 K o ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua: a ma Ihowa ahau e whakaora.

¶ As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me.

17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutumarotanga, ka inoi ahau, ka tangi: a ka whakarongo ia ki toku reo.

Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.

18 W hakaorangia ana e ia toku wairua i runga i te rangimarie i ahau e whakaekea ana: he tokomaha hoki oku hoa whawhai.

He has ransomed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me.

19 K a whakarongo te Atua, no tua iho nei tona nohoanga, a ka whakahoki i ta ratou. (Hera.) Ko te hunga kahore o ratou whakawhitiwhitinga, a kahore o ratou wehi ki te Atua.

God shall hear and bring them down, even he that abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, nor do they fear God.

20 K ua totoro ona ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei ta ratou rongo ki a ia; kua whakataka e ia tana kawenata.

He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him; he has defiled his covenant.

21 M aeneene atu tona mangai i te pata, he whawhai ia kei roto i tona ngakau: ngawari atu ana kupu i te hinu, kahore, he hoari kua oti te unu.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

22 M aka ki runga ki a Ihowa tau pikaunga, a mana koe e whakau ake: e kore e tukua e ia te hunga tika kia whakangaueuetia ake ake.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

23 M au ia ratou e mea, e te Atua, kia heke ki te poka o te pirau: e kore nga tangata toto, nga tangata hianga e tutuki ki te hawhe o o ratou ra; ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.