1 Ka waiatatia e ahau te mahi tohu me te whakawā tika;

ka hīmene atu ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā.

2 Ka āta whakahaere ahau i ahau i runga i te ara tika.

Āhea koe haere mai ai ki ahau?

Ka hāereere ahau i roto i tōku whare

i runga i te ngākau tapatahi.

3 E kore te mea tūtūā e waiho e ahau

i mua i ōku kanohi.

E kino ana ahau ki te mahi a te hunga peka kē;

e kore e piri ki ahau.

4 Ka mawehe atu i ahau te ngākau parori kē;

e kore ahau e mōhio ki te mea kino.

5 Ko te tangata e ngautuarā puku ana ki tōna hoa

ka whakangaromia e ahau.

E kore ahau e aro ki te tangata kanohi whakakake,

ki te tangata ngākau whakapakari.

6 Kei runga i ngā mea pono o te whenua ōku kanohi,

kia noho ai rātou ki ahau;

ko te tangata e haere ana i te ara tika,

ka mahi tēnā ki ahau.

7 E kore e noho ki tōku whare

te kaimahi i te hīanga;

e kore e tū ki tōku aroaro

te tangata kōrero teka.

8 I tēnei ata, i tēnei ata, ka whakangaromia e ahau

ngā tāngata kikino katoa o te whenua;

kia hātepea atu ai i te pā o te Atua

te hunga katoa e mahi ana i te kino.