1 K i te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki toku reo, e te Atua, ina inoi atu ahau: tiakina toku ora i te wehi o te hoariri.

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2 H una ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a nga kaimahi i te he;

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

3 K ua whakakoi nei i o ratou arero, ano he hoari, kua whakatika nei i a ratou pere, ara i nga kupu kikino,

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

4 H ei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.

To shoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

5 E whakamaia ana ratou i a ratou ano ki te mea kino; e runanga ana kia whakatakotoria pukutia he rore, e mea ana, Ko wai e kite i a ratou?

They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “ Who can see them?”

6 E rapu hara ana ratou; e mea ana, Kua ata rapu marie tatou: taea noatia te hohonutanga o te whakaaro o ia tangata, a ko te ngakau he hohonu.

They devise injustices, saying, “We are ready with a well-conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

7 M a te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.

But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.

8 H eoi ka meinga ratou kia tapatu, ko to ratou arero ake ano ka tu atu ki a ratou; a ka ruru i to ratou matenga te hunga katoa e kite i a ratou.

So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head.

9 K a wehi ano hoki nga tangata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua: ka ata maharatia hoki e ratou tana mahi.

Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done.

10 K a koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.

The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.