1 He Mikitama na Rawiri. Tiakina ahau, e te Atua: e whakawhirinaki nei hoki ahau ki a koe.2 Kua mea ahau ki a Ihowa, Ko koe toku Ariki, kahore oku pai i tua atu i a koe.3 Ko te hunga tapu i runga i te whenua, te hunga pai rawa, kua ahau katoa toku ahuareka ki a ratou.4 Ka whakanuia nga mamae o te hunga e whakawhiti ana i a Ihowa mo tetahi atua ke: e kore e ringihia e ahau a ratou ringihanga toto, e kore ano o ratou ingoa e whakahuatia e oku ngutu.5 Ko Ihowa te wahi i wehea mai moku, taku kapu hoki: ko koe te kaiwhakapumau i te wahanga maku.6 Kua takoto oku aho ki nga wahi ahuareka, ina, he wahi pai toku.7 Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowa, i whakamahara nei i ahau: ka whakaako ano hoki oku whatumanawa i ahau i te po.8 Kua waiho tonu e ahau a Ihowa ki toku aroaro: kei toku ringa matau nei ia, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria.9 Koia i koa ai toku ngakau, i whakamanamana ai toku kororia, i takoto tumanako ai ano oku kikokiko.10 No te mea e kore e waiho e koe toku wairua i te reinga, e kore e tukua tau Mea Tapu kia kite i te pirau.11 Ka whakakitea mai e koe ki ahau te huarahi o te ora; kei tou aroaro te hari nui, kei tou matau nga ahuareka e kore e mutu.
1 Michtam. Of David. Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.4 Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.