1 He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.2 Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.3 Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.4 Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.5 I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.6 Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.7 Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.8 Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,9 I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.10 E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.11 Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.12 Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.13 E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;14 I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.15 Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.

1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.2 From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.3 Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.6 I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.7 Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.10 Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:11 `Our steps now have compassed [him];` Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,14 From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.15 I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!