Waiata 121

1 He waiata; he pikitanga. Ka anga atu oku kanohi ki nga maunga; no reira nei te awhina moku.

“A song for the degrees.” I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help?

2 No Ihowa te awhina moku, no te kaihanga o te rangi, o te whenua.

My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

3 E kore ia e tuku i tou waewae kia nekehia; e kore tou kaitiaki e moe.

He will not suffer thy foot to slip: thy keeper doth not slumber.

4 Ina, e kore te kaitiaki o Iharaira e parangia, e moe.

Behold, he slumbereth not, and he sleepeth not—the keeper of Israel.

5 Ko Ihowa tou kaitiaki, ko Ihowa tou whakamarumaru i tou matau.

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, he is on thy right hand.

6 E kore koe e pakia e te ra i te awatea, e te marama ranei i te po.

By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night.

7 Ma Ihowa koe e tiaki i roto i nga kino katoa; mana e tiaki tou wairua.

The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.

8 Ma Ihowa e tiaki tou haerenga atu, me tou haerenga mai aianei a ake tonu atu.

The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.