1 K i te tino kaiwhakatangi. Heminiti. He himene na Rawiri. Whakaorangia, e Ihowa; ka mutu hoki nga tangata tapu; ka taweke atu te hunga pono i roto i nga tama a te tangata.

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 E korero teka ana ratou tetahi ki tetahi; he ngutu patipati, he ngakau rua o ratou ina korero.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

3 K a hatepea e Ihowa nga ngutu patipati katoa, me te arero e korero whakapehapeha ana;

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

4 E mea nei, Ma o tatou arero tatou ka kake ai; no tatou ano o tatou ngutu, ko wai hei ariki mo tatou?

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 M o te tukinotanga i te hunga iti, mo te aue a te hunga rawakore, ka whakatika ahau aianei, e ai ta Ihowa, Ka whakanohoia ia e ahau ki te wahi e ora ai ia i nga tangata e whakatupereru ana ki a ia.

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

6 H e kupu parakore nga kupu a Ihowa: he hiriwa i whakakorea nei te para i roto i te oumu whenua, he mea tuku whitu.

The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

7 K a tiakina ratou e koe, e Ihowa, ka whakaorangia ratou i tenei whakatupuranga ake tonu atu.

Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 E haereere noa ana nga tangata kino i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha, i te mea e whakateiteitia ana te kino i roto i nga tama a te tangata.

The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.