Chapter 38
1 E Ihowā, kaua e whakatūpehupehu mai ki ahau ina riri koe, kaua anō ahau e pākia ina ārita koe.
2 Titi tonu hoki āu pere ki ahau; kaha rawa te pēhi a tōu ringa i ahau.
3 Kāhore he wāhi ora o ōku kikokiko, nā tōu riri hoki; kāhore anō e āta takoto ōku wheua, nōku i hara nei.
4 Kua taupokina iho hoki tōku mātenga e ōku kino; ānō he pīkaunga taimaha e pēhi rawa ana i ahau.
5 E piro ana ōku whiunga, kua pirau i tāku mahi pōauau.
6 E whakawiria ana ahau, piko rawa; e tangi haere ana i te roa o te rā.
7 Kei te tahuna hoki tōku hope, kapi tonu; kāhore hoki he wāhi ora o ōku kikokiko.
8 Kua kore ōku kaha, marū rawa ahau; hāmama ana tāku auē i te mamae o tōku ngākau.
9 E te Ariki, kei tōu aroaro ōku hiahia katoa; kāhore hoki e ngaro i a koe tāku auē.
10 Kihakiha kau tōku ngākau, kua hemo tōku kaha; me te mārama o ōku kanohi, kua kore hoki ēnā ōku.
11 Matara noa atu i tōku mate te tūranga mai o ngā tāngata i aroha mai ki ahau, o ōku hoa hoki; i tawhiti anō ōku whanaunga e tū kē mai ana.
12 E whakatakoto māhanga ana mōku te hunga e whai ana i ahau kia whakamatea; he nanakia anō ngā kupu a te hunga e rapu ana i te hē mōku; he whakaaro tinihanga anō ā rātou ā pau noa te rā.
13 Ko ahau ia, i rite ki te turi, kīhai i rongo, ki te tangata wahangū, kāhore nei e hamumu tōna māngai.
14 Nā, rite tonu ahau ki te tangata kāhore nei e rongo, kāhore nei he whakatūpehupehu i tōna māngai.
15 E tūmanako nei hoki ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā; ka whakahoki kupu mai anō koe, e te Ariki, e tōku Atua.
16 I mea hoki ahau, "Kei koa mai rātou ki ahau; ka paheke tōku waewae, ka whakahīhī rātou ki ahau."
17 Ko ahau hoki, meāke kopa, ā, kei mua tonu i ahau tōku pōuri.
18 Ka whāki hoki ahau i tōku kino, ka pōuri mō tōku hara.
19 Ko ōku hoariri ia hauhau tonu, kaha tonu; kua tokomaha anō te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.
20 He hoariri anō ki ahau te hunga e utu ana i te pai ki te kino; mōku e whai ana i te pai.
21 Kaua ahau e whakarērea, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua; kei mamao atu koe i ahau.
22 Hohoro ki te āwhina i ahau, e te Ariki, e tōku whakaoranga.