1 Kei roto te ngākau o te kīngi i te ringa o Ihowā ānō he awa rerenga wai;

e whakaangahia ana e ia ki ngā wāhi katoa e pai ai ia.

2 Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ōna kanohi ake;

ko Ihowā ia hei pāuna i ngā ngākau.

3 Ko te mahi i te tika, i te whakawā,

ki tā Ihowā, pai atu i te patunga tapu.

4 He kanohi whakakake, he ngākau whakapehapeha,

ā, ko te rama hoki o te hunga kino, he hara kau.

5 Ko ngā whakaaro o te tangata uaua e ahu anake ana ki te hua o te taonga;

ko te hunga tākare katoa ia e whawhai kau ana ki te mūhore.

6 E rite ana tā te arero teka āmi i te taonga ki te mamaoa e āia noatia ana;

ko te hunga e rapu ana i ērā e rapu ana i te mate.

7 Mā te pāhua a te hunga kino e tahi atu rātou;

mō rātou kāhore e pai ki te whakawā.

8 He ara tino kōpikopiko tō te tangata e waha ana i te hara;

tēnā ko te tangata mā, he tika tāna mahi.

9 He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,

i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare māhorahora.

10 Ko tā te wairua o te tangata kino he hiahia ki te kino;

e kore ōna kanohi e manako ki tōna hoa.

11 Ki te whiua te tangata whakahī, ka whai whakaaro te kūware;

ā, ki te whakaakona te tangata whakaaro nui, ka whiwhi ia ki te mātauranga.

12 Ka āta whakaaroa e te tangata tika te whare o te tangata kino;

te pēheatanga e whakatakā ai te hunga kino ki te mate mō rātou.

13 Ko te tangata e puru ana i ōna taringa ki te karanga a te rawakore,

tērā hoki ia e karanga, heoi e kore e whakarangona.

14 Mā te mea hōmai puku ka mārie ai te riri,

mā te moni whakapati hoki i roto i te uma ka mārie ai te āritarita kaha.

15 He mahi koa nā te tangata tika te whakawā;

mō ngā kaimahi ia i te kino, ko te whakangaromanga.

16 Ko te tangata e kotiti kē ana i te huarahi o te mahara,

ka noho ia i te whakaminenga o ngā tūpāpaku.

17 Ko te tangata matenui ki ngā āhuareka, ka rawakore;

ā, ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te wāina, ki te hinu, e kore e whai taonga.

18 Hei utu te tangata kino mō te tangata tika;

ā, ka haere mai te tangata kōpeka hei whakakapi mō te tangata tū tika.

19 He pai kē te noho i te koraha,

i te noho tahi me te wahine tohetohe, wahine pukukino.

20 Kei te nohoanga o te tangata whakaaro nui te taonga mōmōhanga me te hinu;

heoi maumauria ake e te wairangi.

21 Ko te tangata e whai ana i te tika, i te atawhai,

ka whiwhi ki te ora, ki te tika, ki te hōnore.

22 Ka pikitia e te tangata whakaaro nui te pā o ngā mārohirohi,

ka taka hoki i a ia te kaha i whakawhirinaki ai rātou.

23 Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai,

i tōna arero, e tiaki ana i tōna wairua kei raru.

24 Ko te tangata whakakake, whakapehapeha, ko te tangata whakahī tōna ingoa,

e mahi ana ia i runga i te whakahirahira o tōna whakamanamana.

25 Ka mate te tangata māngere i tōna hiahia anō;

e kore hoki ōna ringa e pai ki te mahi.

26 Tērā te hanga he kaiapo tonu ā pau noa te rā;

ko tā te tangata tika ia he hōmai, kāhore hoki āna kaiponu.

27 He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino;

tērā noa ake ina hē te whakaaro i kawea mai ai e ia.

28 Ka mate te kaiwhakaatu teka;

nā, ko te tangata whakarongo, ka kōrero, kāhore he kaiwhakahē.

29 Ka whakamārō te tangata kino i tōna mata;

tēnā ko te tangata tika, ka whakapai i ōna ara.

30 I tō Ihowā aroaro kāhore he whakaaro nui,

kāhore he mātauranga, kāhore he kupu mōhio, e tū.

31 Kua rite noa ake he hōiho mō te rā o te whawhai;

kei a Ihowā ia te whakaoranga.