Salmos 57

He Whakamoemiti me te Kupu Tūturu i te Pēhinga

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi: Aratakiti. He Mikitama. Nā Rāwiri, i tōna rerenga i a Haora i a ia nei i roto i te ana.

1 Tohungia ahau, e te Atua, tohungia ahau,

e whakawhirinaki ana hoki tōku wairua ki a koe;

āe, ka piri ahau ki raro ki te taumarumarutanga o ōu pākau,

kia pahemo rā anō ēnei mate.

2 Ka karanga ahau ki te Atua, ki te Runga Rawa,

ki te Atua e oti ai āku mea katoa.

3 Ka ungā mai e ia he kaiwhakaora mōku i te rangi,

ina tāwai te tangata e mea ana kia horomia ahau. Hera

Ka ungā mai e te Atua tāna mahi tohu me tōna pono.

4 Kei waenganui tōku wairua i ngā raiona;

e takoto ana ahau i waenganui i te hunga e kāia ana e te ahi;

i ngā tama hoki a te tangata, he tao nei ō rātou niho,

he pere, he hoari koi anō ō rātou arero.

5 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga ake i ngā rangi;

hei runga atu i te whenua katoa tōu korōria.

6 Kua whakatakotoria e rātou he kupenga mō ōku takahanga,

kua piko tōku wairua;

kua keria e rātou he poka ki tōku aroaro,

ā, taka iho ko rātou anō ki roto. Hera

7 Pūmau tonu tōku ngākau, e te Atua,

pūmau tonu tōku ngākau;

ka waiata ahau, āe, ka hīmene ahau.

8 E ara, e tōku korōria!

E ara, e te hātere, e te hāpa;

ka ara wawe anō ahau.

9 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe, e te Ariki, i waenganui i ngā iwi;

ka hīmene ki a koe i waenganui i ngā tauiwi.

10 He nui hoki tāu mahi tohu, ā tutuki noa ki ngā rangi,

me tōu pono ā tutuki noa ki ngā kapua.

11 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga i ngā rangi;

hei runga i te whenua katoa tōu korōria.

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;

For my soul taketh refuge in thee:

Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,

Until these calamities be overpast.

2 I will cry unto God Most High,

Unto God that performeth all things for me.

3 He will send from heaven, and save me,

When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; [Selah

God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

4 My soul is among lions;

I lie among them that are set on fire,

Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

6 They have prepared a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down:

They have digged a pit before me;

They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake right early.

9 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples:

I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

10 For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the skies.

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.