1 Ko ahau te tangata kua kite i te pouri, he mea na te rakau o tona riri.

2 I arahina e ia, i meinga kia haere i te pouri, kahore i te marama.

3 He pono kua tahuri mai ia ki ahau, kua anga mai tona ringa ki ahau, a pau noa te ra.

4 Kua meinga nei e ia oku kikokiko me toku kiri kia rite ki o te koroheke, mangungu kau i a ia oku wheua.

5 Kua hanga e ia he patu moku; karapotia ana ahau ki te wai kawa, ki te raruraru.

6 Kua meinga ahau e ia kia noho ki nga wahi pouri, kia pera me te hunga kua mate noa ake.

7 Kua oti ahau te taiepa mai e ia, te puta atu ahau; kua meinga e ia toku mekameka kia taimaha.

8 Ae ra, i ahau e karanga ana, e hamama ana kia awhinatia, ka araia mai e ia taku inoi.

9 Kua oti ano oku ara te taiepa mai e ia ki te kohatu tarai, whakakopikopikoa ake e ia oku ara.

10 Ko tona rite ki ahau kei te pea e whanga ana, kei te raiona i nga wahi ngaro.

11 Whakangaua ketia ana e ia oku ara, haehaea putia iho ahau; meinga ana ahau e ia kia noho kau noa iho.

12 Kua whakapikoa e ia tana kopere, a whakaturia ake ahau e ia hei koperenga pere.

13 Kua meinga e ia nga pere o tana papa pere kia ngoto ki oku whatumanawa.

14 Kua waiho ahau hei katanga ma toku iwi katoa; hei waiata ma ratou a pau noa te ra.

15 Kua whakakiia ahau e ia ki nga mea kawa, whakainumia rawatia ana ahau e ia ki te taru kawa.

16 Kua whatiwhatiia ano hoki e ia oku niho ki te kirikiri, hipokina ana ahau e ia ki te pungarehu.

17 Kua nekehia atu e koe toku wairua kei tata ki te rangimarie; i wareware ahau ki te pai.

18 Ki tonu ake ahau, kua pirau toku kaha, kahore he tumanakohanga maku ki a Ihowa.

19 Mahara ki toku ngakau mamae, ki toku pouri, ki te taru kawa, ki te wai kawa.

20 Maharahara tonu toku wairua ki a ratou, piko tonu iho i roto i ahau.

21 E whakahokia ake ana tenei e ahau ki toku ngakau, koia i tumanako ai ahau.

22 He mahi tohu na Ihowa te poto ai tatou, he kore no ana mahi aroha e mutu.

23 E hou tonu ana ratou i tenei ata, i tenei ata; he nui tou pono.

24 Ko Ihowa te wahi moku, e ai ta toku wairua; no reira ka tumanako ahau ki a ia.

25 He pai a Ihowa ki te hunga e tumanako ana ki a ia, ki te wairua e rapu ana i a ia.

26 He pai ano kia tumanako te tangata, kia tatari marie hoki ki ta Ihowa whakaora.

27 He pai ano mo te tangata kia amohia e ia te ioka i tona tamarikitanga.

28 Me noho ia, tona kotahi, me whakarongo puku hoki, no te mea nana i uta ki a ia.

29 Me tuku e ia tona mangai ki te puehu; mehemea pea tera he tumanakohanga.

30 Me hoatu e ia tona paparinga ki te tangata e papaki ana i a ia: kia ki tonu ia i te tawai.

31 E kore hoki e mau tonu ta Ihowa panga:

32 Ahakoa whakapouri ia, ka aroha ano ia, ka rite ki te nui o tana mahi tohu.

33 Kahore hoki ona ngakau whiu, whakapouri ranei, i nga tama a te tangata.

34 Ko te kuru i nga herehere katoa o te whenua ki raro i ona waewae;

35 Ko te whakapeau ke i te tika o te tangata ina whakawakia i te aroaro o te Runga Rawa;

36 Ko te whakariro ke i ta te tangata ina totohe, e kore tena e whakapaingia e te Ariki.

37 Ko wai tenei hei ki mai, a ka oti, i te mea kihai i whakahaua e te Ariki?

38 He teka ianei e puta mai ana te kino me te pai i roto i te mangai o te Runga Rawa?

39 He aha te tangata ora i amuamu ai, te tangata ina whiua mo ona hara?

40 E rapu tatou, e kimi i o tatou ara, a ka tahuri ano ki a Ihowa.

41 Kia ara atu o tatou ngakau me o tatou ringa ki te Atua i te rangi.

42 I he matou, i whakakeke; kihai ano koe i muru i to matou he.

43 Kua hipokina nei e koe ki te riri, tukinotia ana matou e koe: tukitukia ana e koe, kihai ano i tohungia e koe.

44 Hipokina ana e koe he kapua ki a koe, kei puta atu ta matou inoi.

45 Kua meinga matou e koe hei paru tahinga, hei mea akiri i waenga i nga iwi.

46 Kua hamama mai nga mangai o o matou hoariri katoa ki a matou.

47 Ko te wehi, ko te rua, kua tae mai kei a matou, te whakamoti me te wawahi.

48 Kei te tarere nei nga awa wai i toku kanohi, mo te wawahanga o te tamahine a toku iwi.

49 Maturuturu ana te wai i toku kanohi, kahore hoki e mutu, te ai he pariratanga,

50 Kia titiro mai ra ano a Ihowa, kia kite mai ra ano ia i runga i te rangi.

51 E meatia iho ana toku ngakau e toku kanohi, mo nga tamahine katoa o toku pa.

52 Kua whaia kinotia ahau ano he manu e ratou, e te hunga e hoariri ana ki ahau, kahore he take.

53 Ngaro iho i a ratou toku ara i roto i te poka, kua maka e ratou he kohatu ki runga ki ahau.

54 I rere nga wai i runga i toku mahunga: i mea ahau, kua motuhia ketia ahau.

55 I karanga ahau ki tou ingoa, e Ihowa, i roto i te poka i raro rawa.

56 I rongo koe ki toku reo; kaua e huna tou taringa ki te tanga o toku manawa, ki taku karanga.

57 I whakatata mai koe i te ra i karanga ai ahau ki a koe; i ki mai koe, Kaua e wehi.

58 Kua tohea e koe, e te Ariki, nga tohe a toku wairua; kua hokona e koe toku ora.

59 Kua kite koe, e Ihowa, i te he i mahia ki ahau: mau e whakarite taku whakawa.

60 Kua kite koe i to ratou mauahara katoa, i o ratou whakaaro katoa moku.

61 Kua rongo koe ki ta ratou tawai, e Ihowa, ki o ratou whakaaro katoa moku;

62 Ki nga ngutu o te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau, ki ta ratou tikanga moku, a pau noa te ra.

63 Tirohia mai to ratou nohoanga iho, to ratou whakatikanga ake; ko ahau te waiatatia nei e ratou.

64 Hoatu he utu ki a ratou, e Ihowa, kia rite ki te mahi a o ratou ringa.

65 Hoatu ki a ratou he ngakau pakeke, tau kanga ki a ratou.

66 Whaia ratou i runga i te riri, whakangaromia atu ratou i raro i nga rangi o Ihowa.

1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

22 It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; 62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.