Psalms 26

Na Rawiri. Whakawakia ahau, e Ihowa, kua haere nei hoki ahau i te tapatahitanga o toku ngakau: kua whakawhirinaki ano ki a Ihowa, na, e kore e paheke.
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Kahore ahau i noho tahi ki nga tangata horihori; e kore ano ahau e tomo tahi me nga tangata tinihanga.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Kino tonu ahau ki te whakaminenga o nga kaimahi i te he, e kore ano ahau e noho tahi ki te hunga kino.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
E tu ana toku waewae i te wahi tika: ka whakapaingia a Ihowa e ahau i roto i nga whakaminenga.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.