1 I kōrerotia e Rāwiri ki a Ihowā ngā kupu o tēnei waiata i te rā i whakaorangia ai ia e Ihowā i te ringa o ōna hoariri katoa, i te ringa anō o Haora. 2 I mea ia:

"Ko Ihowā tōku teko, tōku pourewa,

ko tōku kaiwhakaora hoki ia, āe rā, ko tōku;

3 ko te Atua tōku kāmaka,

ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia;

ko tōku whakangungu rākau, ko te haona o tōku whakaoranga,

ko tōku pā tiketike, ko tōku rerenga atu;

e tōku kaiwhakaora, whakaorangia ana ahau e koe i te tutū.

4 Ka karanga ahau ki a Ihowā e tika nei kia whakamoemititia;

ā, ka whakaorangia ahau i ōku hoariri.

5 "I karapotia ahau e ngā ngaru o te mate,

i whakawehia ahau e ngā waipuke o te kino.

6 I rōritia ahau e ngā taura a te rēinga;

pōtaea ana ahau e ngā māhanga a te mate.

7 I karanga ahau ki a Ihowā i tōku pāweratanga,

āe rā, i karanga ahau ki tōku Atua.

Ā, i whakarongo ia ki tōku reo i roto i tōna temepara,

i tae hoki tāku hāmama ki ōna taringa.

8 "Nā, ka ngāueue te whenua, ka rū;

wiri ana ngā pūtake o ngā rangi,

ngāueue ana, nō te mea e riri ana ia.

9 I kake he paowa i ōna pongaponga,

ā, ka kai te kāpura o roto o tōna māngai;

ngiha ana ngā waro.

10 I whakapīngoretia e ia ngā rangi, ā, ka heke iho;

ā, i raro te pōuri kerekere i ōna waewae.

11 Nā, ka eke ia ki te kerupa, ā, rere ana;

inā, i kitea ia i runga i ngā parirau o te hau.

12 I meinga anō e ia te pōuri hei tēneti ā tawhio noa,

ngā wai pōuri, ngā kapua mātotoru o te rangi.

13 Ngiha ana ngā waro

i te wherikotanga o tōna aroaro.

14 Papā ana te whatitiri a Ihowā ngā rangi;

puaki ana te reo o te Runga Rawa.

15 Kōkiritia mai ana e ia ngā pere, ā, marara ana rātou;

he uira, ā, ka whati rātou.

16 Nā, ka kitea ngā takere o te moana,

ka takoto kau ngā pūtake o te ao

i te whakatūpehupehunga a Ihowā,

i te whengunga o te manawa o ōna pongaponga.

17 "I tono karere mai ia i runga, ka mau ki ahau;

kūmea ake ahau e ia i roto i ngā wai maha.

18 Nāna ahau i whakaora i tōku hoariri kaha,

i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau;

he kaha rawa hoki rātou i ahau.

19 Huakina tatatia ana ahau e rātou i te rā o tōku matenga;

ko Ihowā ia tōku whakawhirinakitanga.

20 Ā, whakaputaina ana ahau e ia ki te wāhi whānui;

i whakaorangia ahau e ia, nō te mea i whakaahuareka ia ki ahau.

21 "Rite tonu ki tāku mahi tika tā Ihowā utu ki ahau;

rite tonu ki te mā o ōku ringa tāna i whakahoki mai ai ki ahau.

22 I pupuri hoki ahau i ngā ara a Ihowā;

ā, kīhai i hē, i whakarere i tōku Atua.

23 Kei mua tonu hoki i ahau āna whakaritenga katoa;

ā, ko āna tikanga, kīhai ērā i matara atu i ahau.

24 I tū tika anō ahau ki tōna aroaro;

i tiaki anō i ahau kei kino.

25 Nō reira i hōmai ai e Ihowā he utu ki ahau, rite tonu ki tōku tika;

rite tonu ki tōku mā ki tāna titiro.

26 "He tangata atawhai, ka atawhai anō koe;

he tangata tika, ka tika anō koe.

27 He tangata mā, ka mā anō koe;

he tangata whakakeke, he whakakeke hoki tāu mahi.

28 E whakaorangia hoki e koe te iwi e tūkinotia ana;

kei runga ia ōu kanohi i te hunga whakakake,

kia whakahokia iho rātou e koe ki raro.

29 Ko koe hoki tōku rama, e Ihowā;

mā Ihowā e whakamārama tōku pōuri.

30 Nāu hoki ahau i rere ai ki runga ki te rōpū;

nā tōku Atua ka peke ahau i te taiepa.

31 "Tēnā ko te Atua, tika tonu tōna ara;

he parakore te kupu a Ihowā;

he whakangungu rākau ia

ki te hunga katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

32 Ko wai oti te Atua, ki te kāhore a Ihowā?

Ko wai hoki te kāmaka, ki te kāhore tō tātou Atua?

33 Ko te Atua tōku pā kaha;

ko ia hei ārahi i te hunga tika i tōna ara.

34 Ko ia nei hei mea i ōku waewae kia rite ki ō te hāta;

māna hoki ahau e whakatū ki runga ki ōku wāhi tiketike.

35 Ko ia hei whakaako i ōku ringa ki te whawhai;

hei mea i ōku ringa kia whakapiko i te kōpere parāhi.

36 Kua hōmai hoki e koe ki ahau te whakangungu rākau o tāu whakaoranga;

whakanuia ana ahau e tōu whakaaro māhaki.

37 I whakanuia e koe ōku takahanga i raro i ahau,

tē paheke ōku waewae.

38 "Kua arumia e ahau ōku hoariri, ā, hunā iho rātou e ahau;

kīhai anō ahau i tahuri, ā, mōtī noa rātou.

39 Mōtī iho rātou i ahau, mongamonga noa, tē āhei te whakatika;

inā, hinga ana rātou ki raro i ōku waewae.

40 Nāu hoki ahau i whītiki ki te kaha mō te whawhai;

piko ana i a koe ki raro i ahau te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau.

41 Kua meinga hoki e koe kia hurihia mai e ōku hoariri ō rātou tuarā ki ahau,

kia hunā e ahau te hunga e kino ana ki ahau.

42 I tirotiro rātou, heoi kāhore he kaiwhakaora;

ki a Ihowā rawa, heoi kīhai ia i whakahoki kupu ki a rātou.

43 Nā, tukia ana rātou e ahau, ā, rite noa ki te puehu o te whenua;

mōhungahunga noa rātou i ahau, me te mea he paru nō ngā huarahi;

ā, tītaritaria ana rātou e ahau.

44 "Nāu hoki ahau i ora ai i ngā ngangautanga a tōku iwi;

nāu ahau i tiaki hei upoko mō ngā tauiwi;

hei apa mōku te iwi kāhore nei i mātauria e ahau.

45 Ka tuku mai ngā tāngata iwi kē ki raro i ahau;

kia rongo kau te taringa, kakama tonu mai rātou ki ahau.

46 Ka memeha haere ngā tāngata iwi kē;

ka puta wehi mai hoki i roto i ō rātou kuhunga.

47 "E ora ana a Ihowā, kia whakapaingia tōku kāmaka;

kia whakanuia te Atua o te kāmaka o tōku whakaoranga.

48 Arā te Atua e rapu nei i te utu mōku,

e pēhi nei i te iwi ki raro i ahau,

49 e whakaputa nei i ahau i roto i ōku hoariri.

Āe rā, e mea ana koe i ahau kia teitei ake i te hunga e whakatika mai ana ki ahau,

whakaorangia ana ahau e koe i te tangata tutū.

50 Mō konei ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,

i roto i ngā tauiwi, ka hīmene ki tōu ingoa.

51 He pourewa whakaora ia ki tāna kīngi;

e whakaputa aroha ana ki tāna tangata i whakawahi ai,

ki a Rāwiri rātou ko ōna uri ake ake."