1 K i te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E Ihowa, ko koe taku e whakawhirinaki nei; kei whakama ahau ake ake: whakaorangia ahau, he tika nei hoki koe.

In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me.

2 A nga mai tou taringa ki ahau; hohoro te whakaora i ahau: kia ai koe hei kohatu kaha moku, hei whare tiaki moku.

Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me.

3 K o koe hoki toku kohatu, toku pa: na kia mahara ki tou ingoa, a arahina ahau, tohutohungia hoki ahau.

For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

4 K apohia ahau i roto i te kupenga i huna e ratou moku; ko koe hoki toku kaha.

You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.

5 T enei toku wairua te tukua atu nei e ahau ki tou ringa; nau ahau i hoki e Ihowa, e te Atua o te pono.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

6 E kino ana ahau ki te hunga e whakaaro ana ki nga mea tekateka noa; e whakawhirinaki ana hoki ahau ki a Ihowa.

I hate those who regard vain idols, But I trust in the Lord.

7 K a whakamanamana ahau, ka hari ki tou atawhai; mou i titiro ki taku tangi; i matau hoki ki toku wairua i nga wa o te he;

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

8 K ahore ahau i kopia e koe ki roto ki te ringa o te hoariri: kua whakaturia e koe oku waewae ki te wahi nui.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.

9 T ohungia ahau, e Ihowa, kei te he hoki ahau, pakoko kau toku mata i te pouri, toku wairua me toku kopu.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

10 K a hemo nei hoki toku ora i te tangi, me oku tau i te aue; poto iho toku kaha i toku he, kurupopo ana oku iwi.

For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away.

11 H e tawainga ahau na oku hoariri katoa; ko te tino mahi ia tena a oku hoa noho tata, he mea wehi ahau na nga tangata i mohio ki ahau: ko te hunga i kite i ahau i waho, rere ana i ahau.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me.

12 K ua warewaretia ahau me te tupapaku kua ngaro atu i te ngakau; kua rite ki te oko pakaru.

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

13 I rongo hoki ahau i te ngautuara a te tini; i karapotia ahau e te wehi: i a ratou e runanga ana ki te he moku, i mea kia whakamatea ahau.

For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life.

14 K o ahau ia i whakawhirinaki ki a koe, e Ihowa: i mea, Ko koe toku Atua.

But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, “ You are my God.”

15 K ei tou ringa oku taima, whakaorangia ahau i nga ringa o oku hoariri, i te hunga e tukino ana i ahau.

My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

16 K ia whiti tou mata ki tau pononga; whakaorangia ahau, he mahi tohu hoki tau.

Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness.

17 K ei whakama ahau, e Ihowa; kua karanga hoki ahau ki a koe: kia whakama te hunga kino, kia takoto puku i te reinga.

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

18 W hakamutua te korero a nga ngutu teka, he kino nei a ratou korero mo te tangata tika, na to ratou whakapehapeha hoki, na to ratou whakahihi.

Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.

19 A no te nui o tau pai kua rongoatia nei e koe mo te hunga e wehi ana ki a koe; i mahia nei e koe mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe i te aroaro o nga tama a te tangata!

How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men!

20 K a huna ratou e koe ki te wahi ngaro i tou aroaro i nga rauhanga a te tangata; ka huna ratou e koe ki roto ki te teneti, kei taea e te ngangau a nga arero.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

21 K ia whakapaingia a Ihowa, mona i mea kia miharotia tana mahi tohu ki ahau i te pa kaha.

Blessed be the Lord, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

22 I ki hoki ahau i toku potatutatunga, Kua motuhia mai ahau i mua i ou kanohi: ahakoa ra i rongo koe ki toku reo inoi i taku karangatanga ki a koe.

As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.

23 A rohaina a Ihowa, e tana hunga tapu katoa: e tiakina ana e Ihowa te hunga pono, a he nui tana utu ki te kaimahi whakapehapeha.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer.

24 K ia maia, kia kaha o koutou ngakau, e te hunga katoa e tumanako ana ki a Ihowa.

Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the Lord.