Waiata
27:1 Ko Ihowa toku marama, toku whakaoranga; kia wehi ahau ki a wai? ko Ihowa
te kaha o toku ora; ko wai taku e mataku ai?
27:2 I te taenga mai o te hunga kino, o oku hoariri, o oku hoa whainga, ki te kai i ahau
ko oku kikokiko, tutuki ana ratou, hinga ana.
27:3 Ahakoa whakapae noa te ope i ahau e kore toku ngakau e wehi: ahakoa ra
ina ara te whawhai ki ahau, ka whakapono ahau ki tenei.
27:4 Kotahi taku mea i inoi ai ia Ihowa, ko taku tena e rapu ai; kia taea e ahau
noho ki te whare o Ihowa i nga ra katoa e ora ai ahau, ki te titiro atu ki a Ihowa
te ataahua o Ihowa, me te ui i roto i tona temepara.
27:5 Ka huna hoki ahau e ia ki tona teneti i te ra o te he;
ka huna ahau e ia i te wahi ngaro o tona tapenakara; mana ahau e whakatu ki runga ki a
toka.
27:6 Na, aianei ka teitei toku mahunga ki runga ake i oku hoariri, e karapoti nei i ahau.
mo reira ka patua e ahau i roto i tona tapenakara he whakahere hari; Ka waiata ahau,
ae ra, ka himene ahau ki a Ihowa.
27:7 Whakarongo mai ki toku reo, e Ihowa, ua karanga ahau, tohungia hoki ahau, a
whakahoki mai ki ahau.
27:8 I a koe i mea, Rapua e koutou toku mata; ka mea toku ngakau ki a koe, Ko tou mata,
E Ihowa, ka rapu ahau.
27:9 Kaua e huna tou mata ki ahau; kaua tau pononga e peia atu ina riri koe
ko koe hei awhina moku; kaua ahau e whakarerea, kaua hoki ahau e whakarerea, e te Atua o toku
whakaoranga.
27:10 Ki te whakarerea ahau e toku papa, e toku whaea, ko Ihowa hei tukunga atu moku.
27:11 Whakaakona ahau ki tau ara, e Ihowa; arahina ahau i te ara tika, he whakaaro hoki ki ahau.
hoariri.
27:12 Kaua ahau e tukua ki te hiahia o oku hoariri, hei kaiwhakaatu teka
kua whakatika mai ki ahau, me te hunga manawa nanakia.
27:13 Kua ngohe ahau, me i kaua ahau i whakapono, tera ahau e kite i te pai o te Ariki
te whenua o te hunga ora.
27:14 Taria a Ihowa: kia maia, a mana koe e whakakaha
ngakau: taria a Ihowa.