Waiata
39:1 I mea ahau, Ka ata whakaaro ahau ki oku ara, kei hara toku arero: I
Ka tiakina toku mangai ki te paraire, i te mea kei toku aroaro te tangata kino.
39:2 I wahangu ahau, i wahangu, i whakarongo puku ahau, ahakoa pai; me toku pouri
i ohooho.
39:3 Werawera ana toku ngakau i roto i ahau, i ahau e whakaaro ana kua ka te ahi: na
i korero toku arero,
39:4 E Ihowa, meinga ahau kia matau ki toku mutunga, ki te maha hoki o oku ra, he aha koia.
kia mohio ai ahau ki toku ngoikore.
39:5 Nana, he whanuitanga ringa oku ra kua homai nei e koe; a he rite oku tau
kahore he mea i mua i a koe: he pono kei te ahua pai katoa nga tangata katoa
horihori. Hera.
39:6 He pono kei te haereere noa nga tangata katoa, he mea teka noa;
he horihori: e ami ana ia i te taonga, a kahore e mohio ma wai ranei e kohi.
39:7 Na he aha taku e tatari atu nei, e te Ariki? ko koe taku e tumanako atu nei.
39:8 Whakaorangia ahau i oku he katoa: kaua ahau e waiho hei tawainga ma Ihowa
kuare.
39:9 I wahangu ahau, kihai i kuihi toku mangai; nau hoki i mahi.
39:10 Tangohia atu i ahau tau patunga: ka ngaro ahau i te pakinga a tou ringa.
39:11 Ka pakia e koe te tangata, ka whakatupehupehutia mo te kino, ka whakataua e koe tana
te ataahua kia memeha atu ano he purehurehu: he pono he mea teka noa nga tangata katoa. Hera.
39:12 Whakarongo ki taku inoi, e Ihowa, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku karanga; kei wahangu koe
oku roimata: he manene hoki ahau i a koe, he manene, he pera me oku katoa
ko nga matua.
39:13 Kia ora ahau, kia ora ai toku kaha, i mua i toku haerenga atu i konei, ka kore noa iho
atu.