1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri; na Rawiri, i a Roeke Eromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, Kua tae a Rawiri ki te whare o Ahimereke. He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui? He pumau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.2 E whakatakoto ana tou arero i nga mea nanakia, e mahi hianga ana, ano he heu koi.3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai, te teka i te korero tika. (Hera.4 E te arero hianga, e arohaina ana e koe nga kupu horomiti katoa.5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu; ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka takiritia atu i tou nohoanga, ka hutia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. (Hera.6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, a ka wehi; ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,7 Inana, ko te tangata tenei kihai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mona; otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o ana taonga, whakapakari ana i runga i tana mahi kino.8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te oriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua: ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nau hoki tenei i mea: ka tumanako ano ki tou ingoa; he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tau hunga tapu.

1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.` What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.5 Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.`8 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,9 I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!