1 Ki 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.
2 Huna ahau i te whakaaro ngaro o te hunga kino, i te ngangau a nga kaimahi i te he;
3 Kua whakakoi nei i o ratou arero, ano he hoari, kua whakatika nei i a ratou pere, ara i nga kupu kikino,
4 Hei koperenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te tangata tika; kitea rawatia ake kua kopere ki a ia, kahore hoki he wehi.
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?
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.
7 Ma te Atua ia e kopere he pere ki a ratou kitea rawatia ake kua tu ratou.
8 Heoi 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.
9 Ka wehi ano hoki nga tangata katoa, ka whakapuaki i te mahi a te Atua: ka ata maharatia hoki e ratou tana mahi.
10 Ka koa te tangata tika ki a Ihowa, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a ia: ka whakamanamana ano te hunga ngakau tika katoa.
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?`
6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,` And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!