1 "Kua hōhā tōku wairua ki tōku ora;

ka tukua e ahau tāku tangi kia rere ana;

ka kōrero ahau i te kikiwatanga o tōku ngākau.

2 Ka mea ahau ki te Atua, Kaua ahau e whakahēngia;

whakakitea ki ahau te take i totohe ai koe ki ahau.

3 He mea pai rānei ki a koe kia tūkino koe,

kia whakahāwea ki te mahi a ōu ringa,

ā, kia whiti tōu mārama ki te whakaaro o te hunga kino?

4 He kanohi kikokiko rānei ōu?

He pēnei rānei tāu titiro me tā te tangata titiro?

5 He rite rānei ōu rā ki ō te tangata rā?

He rite rānei ōu tāu ki ō te tangata rā?

6 I uiuia ai e koe tōku kino, i rapua ai e koe tōku hara?

7 Ahakoa e mōhio ana anō koe ehara ahau i te mea hē,

kāhore anō tētahi hei whakaora i roto i tōu ringa?

8 "Nā ōu ringa ahau i mahi, i hanga, he mea hono mārie i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha;

otiia, e whakangaromia ana ahau e koe.

9 Kia mahara rā, nāu ahau i hanga, ānō he paru;

tērā rānei koe e whakahoki anō i ahau ki te puehu?

10 He teka ianei he mea riringi ahau nāu ānō he waiū,

meinga ana ahau e koe kia tetepe ānō he tīhi?

11 Nāu ahau i whakakākahu ki te kiri, ki te kikokiko,

ā, nāu anō ahau i hohou ki te wheua, ki te uaua.

12 Whakawhiwhia ana ahau e koe ki te ora, ki te atawhai,

ā, he tirotirohanga mai nāu i mau ai tōku wairua.

13 "Heoi, hunā ana anō ēnei mea e koe i roto i tōu ngākau;

e mōhio ana hoki ahau kei a koe anō tēnei.

14 Ki te hara ahau, ka mātauria e koe;

e kore anō koe e whakakāhore ki tōku hē.

15 Ki te hē ahau, auē tōku mate!

Ki te tika ahau, e kore tonu e ara tōku māhunga;

he kī hoki nōku i te whakamā me te titiro iho ki tōku mate.

16 Ā, ki te whakarewa ake tōku māhunga i a ia,

ka whāia ahau e koe ānō he raiona;

ā, ka whakakite anō koe i a koe, i tōu mīharo, ki ahau.

17 E whakahoutia ana e koe āu kaiwhakaatu i ōku hē,

e whakanuia ana hoki e koe tōu riri ki ahau;

ko ngā putanga kētanga, ko te whawhai hei pēhi i ahau.

18 "He aha rā ahau i whakaputaina mai ai e koe i roto i te kōpū?

Te hemo noa atu ai ahau, ā, kīhai tētahi kanohi i kite i ahau.

19 Pēnei kua rite ahau, ānō kua kāhore noa iho;

kua mauria atu ahau i te kōpū ki te urupā.

20 He teka rānei he torutoru ōku rā?

Kāti rā, waiho ake koa ahau, kia āhua mākoha ana i tēnei wā iti,

21 keiwhā haere ahau ki te wāhi e kore nei ahau e hoki mai,

ki te whenua o te pōuri, o te ātārangi o te mate;

22 ki te whenua o te pōuri kerekere, o te tino o te pōuri;

he whenua nō te ātārangi o te mate, kāhore nei ō reira tikanga,

ā, ko tōna mārama, koia anō te pōuri."