Salmos 7

He Īnoi Āwhina mō ngā Tūkino a ngā Kaiwhakawhiu

He Hikaiono nā Rāwiri, tāna i waiata ai ki a Ihowā mō ngā kupu a Kuhu Pineamine.

1 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, kei a koe tōku whakawhirinakitanga;

kia ora ahau i te hunga katoa e aru ana i ahau,

kia mawhiti atu hoki ahau;

2 kei haehae ia i tōku wairua, ānō he raiona,

ā, tītaritari noa, i te mea kāhore he kaiārai.

3 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, ki te mea nāku tēnā mahi,

ki te mea he hara kei ōku ringa;

4 ki te mea i whakahokia e ahau he kino ki te tangata kua mau nei tā māua rongo;

i whakaora nei hoki ahau i te tangata i kino noa mai ki ahau;

5 kia arumia tōku wairua e te hoariri, ā, kia mau;

kia takahia hoki tōku ora e ia ki te whenua,

kia whakatakotoria anō tōku korōria ki te puehu. Hera

6 E Ihowā, whakatika, kia riri koe, ara ake,

e nanā nei hoki ōku hoa whawhai;

kia oho ake hoki koe mōku; kua kīia e koe te whakawā.

7 Tukua kia karapotia koe e te whakaminenga o ngā iwi;

mā runga atu i a rātou tōu hokinga atu ki runga.

8 Ko Ihowā e whakarite whakawā ana mō ngā iwi;

kia rite, e Ihowā, tāu whakawā mōku ki tāku mahi tika,

ki te tapatahi hoki o ōku whakaaro.

9 Kia whakamutua te kino o te hunga kino;

whakaūkia hoki te tangata tika;

e whakamātautau ana hoki te Atua tika i ngā ngākau,

i ngā whatumanawa.

10 Kei te Atua tōku whakangungu rākau,

māna e whakaora te hunga ngākau tika.

11 He kaiwhakawā tika te Atua, āe rā,

he Atua e riri ana i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.

12 Ki te kore tētahi e tahuri,

ka whakakoia e ia tāna hoari;

kua whakapikoa e ia tāna kōpere,

ā, oti rawa te whakapai.

13 Oti rawa anō āna mea whakamate te whakapai e ia;

kua meinga e ia āna pere ānō he ahi.

14 Nanā, he kino te mea e whakamamae nei ia;

he whanokē te mea i hapū ki roto ki a ia,

ā, whānau ake he teka.

15 I pokaia e ia he poka, he mea keri nāna,

taka iho ia ki roto ki te rua i mahia e ia.

16 Ka hoki tōna whanokē ki tōna mātenga,

ā, ka tau iho tāna tūkino ki tōna tumuaki.

17 Ka rite ki tōna tika tāku whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,

ka hīmene atu hoki ahau ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Runga Rawa.

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.

1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge:

Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion,

Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this;

If there be iniquity in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me

(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);

5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;

Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth,

And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah

6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;

Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,

And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;

And over them return thou on high.

8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:

Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:

For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

10 My shield is with God,

Who saveth the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge,

Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;

He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;

He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;

Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15 He hath made a pit, and digged it,

And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own head,

And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,

And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.