Salmos 52

Te Arero Rauhanga

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Makiri nā Rāwiri, i a Roeke Ēromi i haere, i whakaatu ki a Haora, i mea ki a ia, "Kua tae a Rāwiri ki te whare o Ahimereke."

1 He aha koe ka whakapakari ai ki te kino, e te tangata nui?

He pūmau tonu te atawhai o te Atua.

2 E whakatakoto ana tōu arero i ngā mea nanakia,

e mahi hīanga ana, ānō he heu koi.

3 E arohaina rawatia ana e koe te kino i te pai,

te teka i te kōrero tika. Hera

4 E te arero hīanga,

e arohaina ana e koe ngā kupu horomiti katoa.

5 Ka whakangaro hoki te Atua i a koe ake tonu atu;

ka tangohia atu koe e ia, ka tākiritia atu i tōu nohoanga,

ka hūtia atu hoki koe i te whenua o te ora. Hera

6 E kite hoki te hunga tika, ā, ka wehi;

ka kata hoki ki a ia, ka mea,

7 "Inanā, ko te tangata tēnei

kīhai nei i waiho e ia te Atua hei kaha mōna;

otiia, whakawhirinaki ana ki te tini o āna taonga,

whakapakari ana i runga i tāna mahi kino."

8 Ko ahau ia, e rite ana ki te ōriwa matomato i roto i te whare o te Atua;

ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki te mahi tohu a te Atua ake ake.

9 Ka whakamoemiti tonu ahau ki a koe, nāu hoki tēnei i mea;

ka tūmanako anō ki tōu ingoa;

he mea pai hoki, ki te aroaro o tāu hunga tapu.

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?

The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Thou lovest evil more than good,

And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

4 Thou lovest all devouring words,

O thou deceitful tongue.

5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever;

He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,

And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

6 The righteous also shall see it, and fear,

And shall laugh at him, saying,

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

8 But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God:

I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

9 I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it;

And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.