1 [To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.] O God of my praise, be not silent:2 For the mouth of the wicked {man} and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,3 And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.4 For my love they are mine adversaries; but I {give myself unto} prayer.5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.6 Set a wicked {man} over him, and let {the} adversary stand at his right hand;7 When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;8 Let his days be few, let another take his office;9 Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;10 Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek {their bread} far from their desolate places;11 Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;13 Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:16 Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.17 And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.18 And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;19 Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.21 But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:22 For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;24 My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;25 And I am become a reproach unto them; {when} they look upon me they shake their heads.26 Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.28 Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.30 I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.31 For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene na Rawiri. E te Atua, e whakamoemiti nei ahau, kei wahangu koe:2 Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga, ki te he moku: he teka o ratou arero, e korero nei moku.3 I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara, a i whawhai takekore ki ahau.4 Mo toku aroha he riri ta ratou whakautu: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.5 E homai ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.6 Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu he hoariri ki tona ringa matau.7 Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia waiho ano tana inoi hei hara.8 Kia torutoru ona ra; kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.9 Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.10 Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: kia rapu kai hoki ma ratou i o ratou wahi mokemoke.11 Kia haoa e te kaituku moni ana mea katoa; kia pahuatia hoki e nga tangata iwi ke ana mauiuitanga.12 Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi hei atawhai i ana pani.13 Kia hatepea putia ona uri: a i to muri whakatupuranga kia horoia rawatia atu o ratou ingoa.14 Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua: kei murua hoki te hara o tona whaea.15 Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga ki a ratou i runga i te whenua.16 Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i te ware, i te rawakore, i te hunga ngakau maru, kia patua ai ratou.17 Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te manaaki, heoi kua mamao tera i a ia.18 I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu: na kua tae tera ki roto ki a ia ano he wai, me he hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.19 Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki e whitikiria tonutia ai ia.20 Na hei utu tena ma Ihowa ki oku hoariri, ki te hunga hoki e korero kino nei ki toku wairua.21 Kia puta tau mahi moku, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa: na te mea he pai tau mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau,22 He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae hoki toku ngakau i roto i ahau.23 Ka riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he mawhitiwhiti.24 Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; a e kohia ana te ngako o oku kikokiko.25 Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka kite ratou i ahau, ka ruru o ratou matenga.26 Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.27 Kia matau ai ratou ko tou ringa itene: a nau tenei, e Ihowa, i mea.28 Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika; ko tau pononga ia kia hari.29 Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a ko to ratou numinumi hei koroka hipoki mo ratou.30 Ka tino whakawhetai toku mangai ki a Ihowa, ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia i waenganui o te mano.31 E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora i a ia i te hunga e whakahe ana i tona wairua.