Salmos 55

Te Īnoi o te Tangata i Whakamohoa e tōna Hoa

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri nā Rāwiri.

1 E te Atua, tahuri mai tōu taringa ki tāku īnoi;

kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.

2 Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;

pōkaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei,

e hāmama nei; 3 i te reo hoki o te hoariri,

i te tūkino a te tangata kino.

Nō te mea e utaina ana e rātou he hara ki runga ki ahau,

ā, e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.

4 Mamae pū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;

kua taka ki runga ki ahau ngā wehi whakamate.

5 Kua pā ki ahau te wehi me te wiri;

ā, pōkia iho ahau e te whakamataku.

6 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, "Auē, te whai pākau ahau me he kūkupa;

pēnei ka rere atu ahau, ā, ka whai okiokinga.

7 Kātahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti;

ā, noho rawa atu i te koraha. Hera

8 Ka hohoro tōku rere atu

i te hau, i te āwhā."

9 Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehea ō rātou arero;

kua kitea hoki e ahau te tūkino me te tutū o roto o te pā.

10 Hāereere ana rātou i te ao, i te pō,

i runga i ōna taiepa, ā tawhio noa;

he kino kei roto, he hīanga.

11 He hara kei waenganui ōna;

kāhore ōna ara e mahue

i te tinihanga, i te hīanga.

12 Ehara hoki i te hoariri nāna ahau i tāwai;

pēnei e taea e ahau te whakaririka;

ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai nōku i whakakake ki ahau;

pēnei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.

13 Nāu ia, nā te tangata i rite ki ahau,

nā tōku takahoa, nā tāku i mōhio ai.

14 Āhuareka tonu tā tāua kōrerorero;

haere tahi ana hoki tāua i roto i te rōpū ki te whare o te Atua.

15 Kia mau ohorere rātou i te mate,

kia heke ora ki te rēinga;

he hara hoki kei ō rātou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a rātou.

16 Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua;

ā, mā Ihowā ahau e whakaora.

17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutūmārōtanga,

ka īnoi ahau, ka tangi;

ā, ka whakarongo ia ki tōku reo.

18 Whakaorangia ana e ia tōku wairua

i runga i te rangimārie i ahau e whakaekea ana;

he tokomaha hoki ōku hoa whawhai.

19 Ka whakarongo te Atua, nō tua iho nei tōna nohoanga,

ā, ka whakahoki i tā rātou. Hera

Ko te hunga kāhore ō rātou whakawhitiwhitinga,

ā, kāhore ō rātou wehi ki te Atua.

20 Kua totoro ōna ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a ia;

kua whakatakā e ia tāna kawenata.

21 Māeneene atu tōna māngai i te pata,

he whawhai ia kei roto i tōna ngākau;

ngāwari atu āna kupu i te hinu,

kāhore, he hoari kua oti te unu.

22 Makā ki runga ki a Ihowā tāu pīkaunga,

ā, māna koe e whakaū ake;

e kore e tukua e ia

te hunga tika kia whakangāueuetia ake ake.

23 Māu ia rātou e mea, e te Atua,

kia heke ki te poka o te pirau;

e kore ngā tāngata toto,

ngā tāngata hīanga e tutuki ki te hāwhe o ō rātou rā.

Ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David.

1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;

And hide not thyself from my supplication.

2 Attend unto me, and answer me:

I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

3 Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the oppression of the wicked;

For they cast iniquity upon me,

And in anger they persecute me.

4 My heart is sore pained within me:

And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,

And horror hath overwhelmed me.

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!

Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I wander far off,

I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

8 I would haste me to a shelter

From the stormy wind and tempest.

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;

For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:

Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me;

Then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;

Then I would have hid myself from him:

13 But it was thou, a man mine equal,

My companion, and my familiar friend.

14 We took sweet counsel together;

We walked in the house of God with the throng.

15 Let death come suddenly upon them,

Let them go down alive into Sheol;

For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

16 As for me, I will call upon God;

And Jehovah will save me.

17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan;

And he will hear my voice.

18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me;

For they were many that strove with me.

19 God will hear, and answer them,

Even he that abideth of old, [Selah

The men who have no changes,

And who fear not God.

20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him:

He hath profaned his covenant.

21 His mouth was smooth as butter,

But his heart was war:

His words were softer than oil,

Yet were they drawn swords.

22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:

He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:

Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;

But I will trust in thee.