1 Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? {Why} hidest thou thyself in times of distress?2 The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.4 The wicked {saith}, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!5 His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; {as for} all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.9 He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.11 He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see {it}.12 Arise, Jehovah; O *God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.14 Thou hast seen {it}, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

1 He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?2 E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.3 E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.4 Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.5 Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.6 E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.7 Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.8 E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.9 E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.10 Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.11 E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.12 Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.13 He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.14 Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.15 Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.16 Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.17 E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:18 Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.