Waiata 146

1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. E toku wairua, whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

2 I ahau e ora nei ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a Ihowa; ka himene ahau ki toku Atua i ahau i te ao nei.

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Kei whakawhirinaki ki nga rangatira, ki te tama ranei a te tangata, kahore nei he awhina.

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

4 Ko te putanga atu o tona wairua, hoki ana ia ki tona oneone; kore iho ona whakaaro i taua ra pu ano.

His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

5 Ka hari te tangata ko te Atua nei o Hakopa tona kaiawhina: ko tana e tumanako ai ko Ihowa, ko tona Atua;

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6 Ko te kaihanga o te rangi, o te whenua, o te moana, o nga mea katoa o reira; e pupuri nei i te pono ake ake;

who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

7 E tohe nei i te whakawa a te hunga e tukinotia ana: e whangai nei i te hunga mate hiakai: ko Ihowa hei wewete i nga herehere:

who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

8 Ko Ihowa hei whakatitiro i nga matapo: ko Ihowa hei whakaara i te hunga kua whakapikoa iho: e aroha ana a Ihowa ki te hunga tika.

the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

9 Ko Ihowa hei tiaki i nga manene; ko ia hei tautoko i te pani, i te pouaru: ko te ara ia o te hunga kino, ka huripokitia e ia.

he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

10 Ko Ihowa hei kingi ake ake, ae, ko tou Atua, e Hiona, tae noa ki nga whakatupuranga katoa. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.