1 Na Rawiri. E ngana, e Ihowa, ki te hunga e tohe ana ki ahau: whawhaitia te hunga e whawhai nei ki ahau.

2 Kia mau ki te whakangungu rakau, ki te puapua; whakatika hei awhina moku

3 Unuhia te tao, araia te ara o te hunga e whai nei i ahau: ki mai ki toku wairua, Ko ahau tou whakaoranga.

4 Kia whakama, kia numinumi te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ahau: kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakapoauautia te hunga e whakatakoto ana i te kino moku.

5 Kia rite ratou ki te papapa e puhia ana e te hau; kia aia haeretia e te anahera a Ihowa.

6 Kia pouri to ratou ara, kia pahekeheke: kia whaia ratou e te anahera a Ihowa.

7 Kahore hoki he rawa i huna ai e ratou te poka o ta ratou kupenga moku; he mea keri takekore kia mate ai ahau.

8 Kia rokohanga poauautia ia e te ngaromanga; kia mau ano ko ia i tana kupenga i huna ai: kia taka ia ki taua tino ngaromanga.

9 A ka koa toku wairua ki a Ihowa, ka hari ki tana whakaoranga.

10 Ka ki katoa oku wheua, E Ihowa, ko wai te rite mou, mo te kaiwhakaora o te iti i te tangata e kaha ake ana i a ia, ae o te iti, o te rawakore i tona kaipahua?

11 Whakatika ana nga kaiwhakapae teka: whakawakia ana ahau mo nga mea kihai nei ahau i matau atu.

12 Utua ana e ratou taku pai ki te kino, a whakatupu pani ana toku wairua.

13 Tena ko ahau, i a ratou e mate ana, he kahu taratara toku, waikauwere ana toku wairua, kihai i kai: a hoki mai ana taku inoi ki toku uma.

14 Ko toku ahua me te mea he hoa ia, he teina noku: kupapa noa iho ahau, ano he tangata e tangi ana ki tona whaea.

15 I toku paheketanga ia koa ana ratou, huihui ana; huihui ana nga tangata kino noa iho hei hoariri moku, kihai ano ahau i mohio; haehae ana ratou i ahau, kihai hoki i mutu.

16 Rite tonu ki nga kaiwhakakata o nga hakari, tetea ana o ratou niho ki ahau.

17 E te Ariki, kia pehea te roa o tau titiro kau mai? Whakaorangia toku wairua i a ratou whakangaromanga, taku e aroha nei, i nga raiona.

18 Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe i roto i te whakaminenga nui, ka whakamoemiti ki a koe i roto i te iwi maha.

19 Kei hari pokanoa ki ahau oku hoariri; kei whakakini te kanohi o te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.

20 Ehara hoki ta ratou i te korero mo te rangimarie; heoi kei te whakatakoto kupu tinihanga ratou mo te hunga ata noho o te whenua.

21 Ina, hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, e ki ana, Ha, ha, kua kite to matou kanohi.

22 Kua kite koe, e Ihowa: kaua ra e wahangu; e te Ariki, kei matara i ahau.

23 Oho ake, e ara ki te whakarite i toku whakawa, ki taku tautohe, e toku Atua, e toku Ariki.

24 Kia rite ki tou tika te whakarite moku, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kei koa ano ratou ki ahau.

25 Kei mea ratou i roto i o ratou ngakau, Ha, ko ta matou tena i pai ai: kei mea ratou, Kua horomia ia e tatou.

26 Kia whakama, kia numinumi ngatahi, te hunga e koa ana ina he ahau: kia whakakakahuria ki te whakama, ki te numinumi, te hunga e whakakake ana ki ahau.

27 Kia hamama i te hari, kia koa te hunga e pai ana ki taku mahi tika: ae, kia mea tonu, kia whakanuia a Ihowa e whakapai nei ki te ora o tana pononga.

28 A ka korerotia e toku arero tau mahi tika, me te whakamoemiti ki a koe i te ra roa.

1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.