Waiata
71:1 ś Ko koe taku e whakawhirinaki ai, e Ihowa: kei whakama ahau ake ake.
71:2 Whakaorangia ahau, i runga i tou tika, kia mawhiti ano ahau: whakapeaua atu tou tika.
Whakarongo ki ahau, whakaorangia hoki ahau.
71:3 Kia ai koe hei nohoanga moku, hei hokihokinga tonutanga atu moku: ko koe
kua whakahaua e koe kia whakaorangia ahau; ko koe hoki toku kohatu, toku pa.
71:4 Whakaorangia ahau, e toku Atua, i te ringa o te hunga kino, i te ringa o te tangata kino
te tangata kino, nanakia.
71:5 Ko koe nei hoki, e te Ariki, e Ihowa, taku e tumanako atu nei, taku e whakawhirinaki nei no toku tamarikitanga ake ano.
71:6 Nau ahau i tautoko ake no te kopu mai ano; nau ahau i tango
i roto i nga whekau o toku whaea: ko koe taku e whakamoemiti tonu ai.
71:7 He miharotanga ahau na te tini; ko koe ia toku piringa kaha.
71:8 Kia ki toku mangai i te whakamoemiti ki a koe, i tou honore i te roa o te ra.
71:9 Kaua ahau e panga a te wa o te koroheketanga; kaua ahau e whakarerea ina kaha toku
rahua.
71:10 E korerotia ana hoki ahau e oku hoariri; me te hunga e whanga ana ki toku wairua
whakaaro tahi,
71:11 E mea ana, Kua whakarerea ia e te Atua: whaia, hopukia; kahore hoki he mea
ki te whakaora ia ia.
71:12 E te Atua, kei matara atu koe i ahau: e toku Atua, hohoro ki te awhina i ahau.
71:13 Kia whakama, kia pau nga hoariri o toku wairua; tuku
kia hipokina ki te tawai, ki te whakama, te hunga e rapu ana i te he moku.
71:14 Ko ahau ia, ka tumanako tonu: ka hono tonu ano te whakamoemiti ki a koe.
71:15 Ma toku mangai e whakakite tou tika, tau whakaoranga katoa.
rā; kahore hoki ahau e mohio ki te maha.
71:16 Ka haere ahau i runga i te kaha o te Ariki, o Ihowa; ka whakahuatia e ahau tou
te tika, nau anake.
71:17 E te Atua, he mea whakaako ahau nau, no toku tamarikitanga ake;
au mahi whakamiharo.
71:18 Na, aianei ahau, e te Atua, a koroheke noa, hina noa ahau, kaua ahau e whakarerea, e te Atua; tae noa ki ahau
kua whakakitea e koe tou kaha ki tenei whakatupuranga, tou nui ki nga tangata katoa
tetahi e haere mai ana.
71:19 Kei runga rawa ano tou tika, e te Atua, he nui nei hoki au mahi:
E te Atua, ko wai te rite ki a koe?
71:20 He nui, he kino nga pouritanga ngakau i whakakitea mai e koe ki ahau, mau ahau e whakahauora
ka whakahokia ake ano ahau i nga wahi hohonu o te whenua.
71:21 Whakaraneatia e koe toku nui, whakamarietia hoki ahau i nga taha katoa.
71:22 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te hatere, ara ki tou pono, e toku Atua.
ka himene ahau ki a koe i runga i te hapa, e te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
71:23 Ka tino hari oku ngutu ua waiata ahau ki a koe; me toku wairua, e
kua hokona e koe.
71:24 Ka korerotia hoki e toku arero tou tika i te roa o te ra: no te mea
kua whakama, kua whakama hoki te hunga e rapu ana i te he moku.