Waiata
40:1 I tatari marie ahau ki a Ihowa; a ka anga mai ia ki ahau, ka whakarongo ki aku
tangi.
40:2 Na kei te tango ake ia i ahau i te poka whakamataku, i te paru taoruoru;
e tu oku waewae ki runga ki te kamaka, a ka u oku hikoinga.
40:3 A homai ana e ia he waiata hou ki toku mangai, he whakamoemiti ki to tatou Atua: he tini
ka kite, a ka wehi, ka whakawhirinaki hoki ki a Ihowa.
40:4 Ka hari te tangata kua waiho nei e ia a Ihowa hei whakawhirinakitanga mona, a kahore e whai whakaaro
te hunga whakakake, me te hunga e peka atu ana ki te teka.
40:5 E Ihowa, e toku Atua, he tini au mahi whakamiharo i mahia e koe, a
ou whakaaro ki a matou: e kore e taea te tatau
ki a koe: me i whakaaturia e ahau, ka korerotia e ahau, e kore e taea
kia tatauhia.
40:6 Kihai i matenuitia e koe te patunga tapu, me te whakahere; kei a koe oku taringa
kua tuwhera: kihai koe i mea mai ki te tahunga tinana me te whakahere hara.
40:7 Na ko taku meatanga atu, Na kua tae mai ahau: kei roto i te pukapuka te tuhituhi moku.
40:8 Ko taku pai ko te mea i tau e pai ai, e toku Atua: ae ra, kei toku ngakau tau ture.
40:9 Kua kauwhautia e ahau te tika i roto i te whakaminenga nui: nana, kahore i ahau
kaiponuhia ana oku ngutu, e mohio ana koe, e Ihowa.
40:10 Kihai i huna e ahau tou tika i roto i toku ngakau; kua whakapuakina e ahau tau
te pono me tau whakaoranga: kihai i huna e ahau tou aroha
me tou pono i te whakaminenga nui.
40:11 Kei kaiponuhia tou aroha ki ahau, e Ihowa: kia puta tau mahi tohu ki ahau
ma tou atawhai me tou pono ahau e tiaki i nga wa katoa.
40:12 Ta te mea kua karapotia ahau e nga kino e kore e taea te tatau: kei oku kino
hopukina ahau, te ahei te titiro ake; he nui ake ratou
nga makawe o toku mahunga: na reira toku ngakau i hemo ai.
40:13 Kia pai, e Ihowa, ki te whakaora i ahau; e Ihowa, hohoro ki te awhina i ahau.
40:14 Kia whakama, kia pororaru ngatahi te hunga e rapu ana i toku wairua
whakangaromia; kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakama te hunga e hiahia ana ki ahau
kino.
40:15 Kia huna, hei utu mo to ratou whakama te hunga e mea mai ana ki ahau, Ha!
aha.
40:16 Kia hari, kia koa ki a koe te hunga katoa e rapu ana ia koe;
arohaina tau whakaoranga mea tonu, Kia whakanuia a Ihowa.
40:17 Ko ahau ia, he iti, he rawakore; heoi e whakaaro ana te Ariki ki ahau: ko koe toku awhina
me toku kaiwhakaora; kaua e whakaroa, e toku Atua.