Psalms 10

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.

He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.