Waiata
88:1 E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
88:2 Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi;
88:3 Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri: e whakatata ana toku ora ki a koe
urupa.
88:4 Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua: kua rite ahau ki te tangata pena
kahore ona kaha:
88:5 I wetekina ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, e koe
kaua e maharatia a muri ake nei: ka tapahia hoki ratou i tou ringa.
88:6 Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
88:7 E pehia mai ana e tou riri ki runga ki ahau;
ngaru. Hera.
88:8 Kua whakamataratia atu e koe ki tawhiti i ahau oku hoa; nau ahau i hanga he
he mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua tutakina ahau, a kahore ahau e puta ki waho.
88:9 E tangi ana toku kanohi i te tangi: i karanga ahau, e Ihowa, i tenei ra, i tenei ra
kua totoro atu oku ringa ki a koe.
88:10 Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? ka ara nga tupapaku ki te whakamoemiti
koe? Hera.
88:11 Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono ranei
i te whakangaromanga?
88:12 E matauria ranei au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? me tou tika i roto i te
whenua wareware?
88:13 Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa; a i te ata ka inoi ahau
aukati i a koe.
88:14 He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? he aha koe i huna ai i tou mata ki ahau?
88:15 No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i tata nei ki te mate: i ahau e mamae nei i au
nga wehi ka raruraru ahau.
88:16 I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakamataku.
88:17 Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i tenei ra, i tenei ra; i karapotia ahau e ratou
tahi.
88:18 Kua wehea e koe kia matara atu i ahau te hoa aroha me te hoa aroha, me aku tangata i mohio ai ki roto
pouri.