Psalms 17

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.