1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Nekina. Na Rawiri. Whakarongo, e te Atua, ki taku karanga: tahuri mai ki taku inoi.2 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe i te pito o te whenua, ina pehia toku ngakau: arahina ahau ki te kohatu e tiketike ake ana i ahau.3 He piringa hoki koe moku: he pa kaha i te hoariri.4 Ka noho ahau ki tou tapenakara ake ake, ka okioki ki ou pakau hei piringa. (Hera.5 Kua rongo nei hoki koe, e te Atua, i aku kupu tauranga kua homai e koe te wahi o te hunga e wehi ana ki tou ingoa.6 Ka whakaraneatia e koe nga ra o te kingi; ona tau ki nga whakatupuranga katoa.7 E noho ia i te aroaro o te Atua ake ake: whakaritea mai he aroha, he pono, hei tiaki i a ia.8 Penei ka himene ahau ki tou ingoa ake ake: ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi i tenei ra, i tenei ra.

1 To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.2 From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.3 For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.4 I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.5 For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.6 Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.7 He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him.8 So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!