1 H e Makiri na Ahapa. E te Atua, he aha i panga ai matou e koe ake ake? He aha i pongere ai tou riri ki nga hipi o tau mara?

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 M ahara ki tau whakaminenga i hokona e koe i mua, i utua e koe hei iwi mo tou kainga tupu; a ki tenei Maunga Hiona i nohoia nei e koe.

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 H iki ake ou waewae ki nga whakangaromanga e mau tonu nei, ki nga mahi kino katoa a te hoariri ki te wahi tapu.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

4 K ua hamama nei ou hoariri i waenganui i au whakaminenga, kua whakaturia e ratou a ratou kara hei tohu.

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

5 E rite ana ratou ki nga tangata e hapai ana i te titaha ki te puia rakau.

They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

6 I naianei ia e tukitukia ana e ratou ona mea whakairo, pakaruhia iho ana ki te titaha, ki te hama.

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

7 K ua toua tou wahi tapu ki te kapura, kua noa i a ratou te nohoanga o tou ingoa, kei te whenua e takoto ana.

They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

8 I mea to ratou ngakau, Me whakangaro ratou a poto ake: kua tahuna e ratou nga whare huihui katoa o te Atua i te whenua.

They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

9 K ahore matou e kite i o matou tohu, kahore atu he poropiti, kahore hoki tetahi o matou e matau ana kia pehea ake te roa.

We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

10 E te Atua, kia pehea ake te roa o te tawai a te hoariri? Ka kohukohu tonu ranei te hoariri ki tou ingoa ake ake?

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11 H e aha i pepeke ai tou ringa, tou matau? Unuhia i roto i tou uma, whakamotitia ratou.

Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.

12 K o te Atua ia toku Kingi o tua iho, e mahi whakaora ana i waenganui i te whenua.

Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 N au, na tou kaha i wawae te moana: pakaru ana i a koe nga matenga o nga tarakona i nga wai.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

14 M ongamonga noa i a koe nga matenga o rewiatana: a hoatu ana ia e koe hei kai ma te iwi o te koraha.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15 I wahia e koe te puna me te roma; mimiti ake i a koe nga awa nunui.

Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16 N au te ao, nau hoki te po; nau i whakarite te marama me te ra.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17 N au i whakatu nga rohe katoa o te whenua: te raumati me te hotoke, he mea whakarite ena nau.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

18 K ia mahara ki tenei, kua tawai te hoariri, e Ihowa: kua kohukohu te hunga poauau ki tou ingoa.

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

19 K aua e tukua te wairua o tau kukupa ki te kirehe: kei wareware ake ake ki te whakaminenga o au rawakore.

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

20 W hakaaroa te kawenata; kua kiki hoki nga wahi pouri o te whenua i nga nohoanga nanakia.

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

21 K ei hoki whakama mai te tangata e tukinotia ana: kia whakamoemititia tou ingoa e te ware, e te rawakore.

Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22 E ara, e te Atua, tohea tau tohe: mahara ki ta te tangata poauau tawai ki a koe a pau noa te ra.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

23 K ei wareware ki te reo o ou hoariri: e kake tonu ana te ngangau a te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe.

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.