1 He aha koe ka tū mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowā?

Ka whakangarongaro ai i ngā wā o te hē?

2 E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tūkino ana i te tangata iti –

kia hopukina rātou ki ngā whakaaro i whakaaro ai rātou.

3 E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tangata kino ki te hiahia o tōna ngākau,

ā, ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakāhore ana,

āe rā, e whakahāwea ana ki a Ihowā.

4 Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tōna mata,

"E kore e hiahiatia e ia."

Kei roto i ōna whakaaro katoa e mea ana,

"Kāhore he Atua."

5 Whanokē tonu ōna ara i ngā wā katoa;

kei runga noa ake āu whakaritenga tē kitea e ia,

he mea whakatūpererū e ia ōna hoariri katoa.

6 E mea ana i roto i tōna ngākau, "E kore ahau e whakakorikoria.

Kāhore hoki he hē mōku ā ngā whakatupuranga katoa."

7 Kī tonu tōna māngai i te kanga, i te hīanga, i te tūkino;

kei raro i tōna arero te whanokē me te teka.

8 E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i ngā pā koraha;

e kōhurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i ngā wāhi ngaro.

E matatau ana ōna kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.

9 E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tōna kuhunga;

e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti;

e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kūmea ki tāna kupenga.

10 Kūpapa ana ia, piko ana,

hinga ana te hunga rawakore i āna mea kaha.

11 E mea ana i roto i tōna ngākau, "Ka wareware te Atua,

e huna ana ia i tōna mata e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu."

12 Whakatika, e Ihowā, e te Atua, tākiritia tōu ringa;

kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.

13 He aha te tangata kino ka whakahāwea ai ki te Atua.

Kua mea ia i roto i tōna ngākau,

"E kore tēnei e whakatakina e koe"?

14 Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe

te whanokē me te whakatoi, ā, ka utua e tōu ringa.

E tuku ana te rawakore i a ia anō ki a koe;

ko koe hei tuarā mō te pani.

15 Whatia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino;

tēnā ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tōna kino,

kia kāhore rā anō e kitea e koe.

16 Ko Ihowā te Kīngi ake ake

kua kāhore kē ngā tauiwi i tōna whenua.

17 E Ihowā, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti;

māu anō ō rātou ngākau e whakapai,

ka tahuri anō tōu taringa ki te whakarongo;

18 ki te whakawā mō te pani, mō te tangata e tūkinotia ana,

kei whakamataku ā mua ake te tangata o te whenua.