Salmos 144

Te Īnoi o tētahi Kīngi

Nā Rāwiri.

1 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, tōku kāmaka,

e whakaako nei i ōku ringa ki te whawhai,

i ōku maihao ki te tatau;

2 ko te atawhai mōku, ko tōku pā,

ko tōku pourewa me tōku kaiwhakaora,

ko tōku whakangungu rākau, ko tāku e whakawhirinaki ai,

ko te kaipēhi hoki o tōku iwi ki raro i ahau.

3 E Ihowā, he aha te tangata i maharatia ai ia e koe,

te tama rānei a te tangata i whakaaroa ai ia e koe?

4 Ko te rite o te tangata kei te mea memeha noa;

ōna rā me te mea he ātārangi e rere atu ana.

5 Whakapikoa iho ōu rangi e Ihowā, ā, heke iho;

pā ki ngā maunga, ā, ka pongere.

6 Kōkiritia mai he uira hei whakamarara i a rātou;

kōperea mai āu pere, kia whati ai rātou.

7 Totoro iho tōu ringa i runga;

tangohia ahau, whakaorangia ahau i ngā wai nunui,

i te ringa o ngā tāngata kē;

8 e kōrero teka nei tō rātou māngai,

ā, he ringa matau teka tō rātou ringa matau.

9 Ka waiatatia e ahau he waiata hou ki a koe, e te Atua;

ka hīmene atu ahau ki a koe i runga i te hātere aho tekau.

10 Ko ia te kaihōmai i te whakaoranga ki ngā kīngi,

te kaiwhakaora i a Rāwiri, i tāna pononga, i te hoari whakamate.

11 Tangohia ahau, whakaorangia hoki

i ngā ringa o ngā tāngata kē,

e kōrero teka nei ō rātou māngai,

ā, he ringa matau teka tō rātou ringa matau.

12 Ā, kia rite ā mātou tama i tō rātou taitamarikitanga

ki ngā māhuri e tupu ake ana;

ā mātou tamāhine hoki ki ngā kōhatu kokonga,

whakapaipai rawa, nō te whare rangatira te tauira.

13 Kia kī ā mātou pākoro,

mō te tiki noa atu i tēnā mea, i tēnā mea;

kia mano, kia tini ngā hua o ā mātou hipi i ō mātou pārae;

14 kia taimaha ā mātou kau i ngā pīkaunga.

Kia kāhore he pākarutanga mai ki roto,

he whatinga atu hoki ki waho,

ā, kia kāhore he auē i ō mātou huarahi.

15 Ka hari te iwi e pēnā ana;

āe, ka hari te iwi ko Ihowā nei tō rātou Atua.

A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed be Jehovah my rock,

Who teacheth my hands to war,

And my fingers to fight:

2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress,

My high tower, and my deliverer;

My shield, and he in whom I take refuge;

Who subdueth my people under me.

3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

4 Man is like to vanity:

His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5 Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:

Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;

Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

7 Stretch forth thy hand from above;

Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,

Out of the hand of aliens;

8 Whose mouth speaketh deceit,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:

Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10 Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings;

Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,

Whose mouth speaketh deceit,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,

And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

13 When our garners are full, affording all manner of store,

And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

14 When our oxen are well laden;

When there is no breaking in, and no going forth,

And no outcry in our streets:

15 Happy is the people that is in such a case;

Yea, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.