Psalms 56

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Ionata ereme rehokime. Na Rawiri. He Mikitama, i a ia ka mau i nga Pirihitini ki Kata. Tohungia ahau e te Atua, ka horomia hoki ahau e te tangata: e tukino ana ia ki ahau i te ra roa nei, i a ia e ngangare tonu nei.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

E whai ana oku hoariri i te ra roa nei, kia horomia ahau; he tokomaha nei hoki e whakahi ana, e whawhai mai ana ki ahau.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a koe i te wa e mataku ai ahau.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Ma te Atua ahau ka whakamoemiti ki tana kupu: e whakawhirinaki ana ahau ki te Atua, e kore ahau e wehi. He aha ta te kikokiko e mea ai ki ahau?

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

E whakariroia ketia ana e ratou aku kupu i nga ra katoa; heoi ano ta ratou e whakaaro ai ko te kino moku.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

E huihui ana ratou, e piri ana: e titiro matatau ana ki oku hikoinga, i a ratou e whanga nei ki toku wairua.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Ma te he koia ratou ka mawhiti ai? kia riri koe, e te Atua, whakataka iho hoki nga iwi.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

E taua ana e koe oku kopikopikotanga: rongoatia oku roimata ki roto ki tau ipu: kahore ianei i tau pukapuka?

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

I te ra e karanga ai ahau ka hoki whakamuri oku hoariri: e matau ana ahau ki tenei, kei ahau hoki te Atua.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Ma te Atua ahau ka whakamoemiti ai ki tana kupu; ma Ihowa ahau ka whakamoemiti ai ki tana kupu.

In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

E whakawhirinaki ana ahau ki te Atua: e kore ahau e wehi. He aha ta te tangata e mea ai ki ahau?

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Kei ahau nga kupu taurangi ki a koe, e te Atua: me tuku e ahau nga whakamoemiti ki a koe.

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Nau hoki toku wairua i whakaora kei mata: e kore ianei koe e whakau i oku waewae kei paheke, kia haere ai ahau i te aroaro o te Atua i roto i te marama o te hunga ora.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?