1 He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:2 Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;3 Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.4 Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.5 Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.7 Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.8 Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.

1 [A Song of degrees. Of David.] If it had not been Jehovah who was for us-oh let Israel say-2 If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.6 Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.