1 P reserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

He Mikitama na Rawiri. Tiakina ahau, e te Atua: e whakawhirinaki nei hoki ahau ki a koe.

2 M y soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

Kua mea ahau ki a Ihowa, Ko koe toku Ariki, kahore oku pai i tua atu i a koe.

3 A s for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Ko te hunga tapu i runga i te whenua, te hunga pai rawa, kua ahau katoa toku ahuareka ki a ratou.

4 T heir sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

Ka whakanuia nga mamae o te hunga e whakawhiti ana i a Ihowa mo tetahi atua ke: e kore e ringihia e ahau a ratou ringihanga toto, e kore ano o ratou ingoa e whakahuatia e oku ngutu.

5 Y ahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

Ko Ihowa te wahi i wehea mai moku, taku kapu hoki: ko koe te kaiwhakapumau i te wahanga maku.

6 T he lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

Kua takoto oku aho ki nga wahi ahuareka, ina, he wahi pai toku.

7 I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowa, i whakamahara nei i ahau: ka whakaako ano hoki oku whatumanawa i ahau i te po.

8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Kua waiho tonu e ahau a Ihowa ki toku aroaro: kei toku ringa matau nei ia, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria.

9 T herefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

Koia i koa ai toku ngakau, i whakamanamana ai toku kororia, i takoto tumanako ai ano oku kikokiko.

10 F or you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

No te mea e kore e waiho e koe toku wairua i te reinga, e kore e tukua tau Mea Tapu kia kite i te pirau.

11 Y ou will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

Ka whakakitea mai e koe ki ahau te huarahi o te ora; kei tou aroaro te hari nui, kei tou matau nga ahuareka e kore e mutu.