Waiata 43

1 E te Atua, whakaritea taku whakawa, whakatikaia aku korero ki te iwi atuakore: whakaorangia ahau i te tangata tinihanga e mahi nei i te he.

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

2 Ko koe hoki te Atua o toku kaha: he aha ahau ka panga nei e koe? He aha ahau ka haere pouri ai i te tukino a te hoariri?

For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

3 Tukua mai tou marama me tou pono hei arahi i ahau: hei kawe i ahau ki tou maunga tapu, ki ou tapenakara.

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They — they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

4 A ka haere ahau ki te aata a te Atua, ki te Atua, ki toku hari nui: ae, ka whakamoemiti ki a koe, e te Atua, e toku Atua, i runga i te hapa.

And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

5 He aha koe i piko ai, e toku wairua? He aha koe i ohorere ai i roto i ahau? Tumanako ki te Atua: tera ano ahau e whakawhetai ki a ia, ko te ora nei ia o toku mata, ko toku Atua.

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!