1 Na Rawiri. Whakawakia ahau, e Ihowa, kua haere nei hoki ahau i te tapatahitanga o toku ngakau: kua whakawhirinaki ano ki a Ihowa, na, e kore e paheke.2 Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.3 Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.4 Kahore ahau i noho tahi ki nga tangata horihori; e kore ano ahau e tomo tahi me nga tangata tinihanga.5 Kino tonu ahau ki te whakaminenga o nga kaimahi i te he, e kore ano ahau e noho tahi ki te hunga kino.6 Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;7 A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.8 E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.9 Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.10 He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.11 Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.12 E tu ana toku waewae i te wahi tika: ka whakapaingia a Ihowa e ahau i roto i nga whakaminenga.
1 By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.2 Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.3 For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.4 I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.5 I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.6 I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.7 To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.9 Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,10 In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.11 And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.12 My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!