1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, he pai hoki ia;

he pūmau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu.

2 Kia pēnā anō te kōrero a te hunga i hokona e Ihowā,

i hokona nei e ia i roto i te ringa o te hoariri;

3 i kohikohia nei i ngā whenua,

i te rāwhiti, i te uru,

i te raki, i te tonga.

4 I hāereere rātou i te koraha i te wāhi mokemoke,

tē kitea tētahi pā hei nohoanga.

5 I matekai rātou, i matewai;

hemo noa tō rātou wairua i roto i a rātou.

6 Nā, ka tangi rātou ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri;

ā, whakaorangia ana rātou e ia i ō rātou mate;

7 ā, ārahina ana e ia rā te ara tika;

kia haere ai ki te pā hei nohoanga.

8 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,

mō āna mahi whakamīharo ki ngā tama a te tangata!

9 E whakamākonatia ana hoki e ia te wairua hiahia;

ko te wairua hiakai, whakakīia ana e ia ki te pai.

10 Ko te hunga i noho i te pōuri, i te ātārangi o te mate,

he mea here ki te mamae, ki te rino;

11 mō rātou i tutū ki ngā kupu a te Atua,

i whakahāwea ki te whakaaro o te Runga Rawa.

12 Koia i pēhia iho ai e ia ō rātou ngākau ki te mahi;

hinga iho rātou, kāhore hoki he kaiāwhina.

13 Nā, ka tangi rātou ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri;

ā, ka whakaorangia rātou e ia i ō rātou mate.

14 Whakaputaina mai ana rātou e ia i te pōuri,

i te ātārangi o te mate; motumotuhia ana ō rātou here.

15 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,

mō āna mahi whakamīharo ki ngā tama a te tangata!

16 Kua tukitukia hoki e ia ngā tatau parāhi;

kua tapahia e ia ngā tūtaki rino, motu rawa.

17 Ko ngā kūware, nā ā rātou mahi tutū,

nā ō rātou kino, i pākia ai rātou.

18 Ka wetiweti tō rātou wairua ki ngā kai katoa,

ā, ka whakatata rātou ki ngā kūwaha o te mate.

19 Nā, ka tangi ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri,

ā, ka whakaorangia rātou e ia i ō rātou mate.

20 Tukua mai ana e ia tāna kupu, ā, rongoātia ana rātou;

ā, whakaputaina ana rātou i ō rātou ngaromanga.

21 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,

mō āna mahi whakamīharo ki ngā tama a te tangata.

22 Kia tukua anō e rātou te whakahere, arā te whakamoemiti;

kia whakapuaki i āna mahi i runga i te hari.

23 Ko te hunga e haere ana ki raro, ki te moana, i runga kaipuke,

ā, e whai mahi ana i ngā wai nunui,

24 ko rātou e kite i ngā mahi a Ihowā,

i āna mahi whakamīharo i te rire.

25 Puta kau tāna kupu, kua maranga te tūpuhi,

māna e whakatūtū ōna ngaru.

26 Ka kake rātou ki runga ki te rangi, ka heke anō ki raro ki te rire;

ngohe noa ō rātou wairua i te pāwera;

27 ka tiu rātou, ka hūrorirori ānō he tangata e haurangi ana;

ā, kāhore he mahara i toe.

28 Heoi, ka tangi ki a Ihowā i tō rātou hēmanawa;

ā, whakaorangia ana rātou i ō rātou mate.

29 Meinga ana e ia te tūpuhi kia marino,

ōna ngaru kia māriri.

30 Nā, ka koa rātou, nō te mea ka mārie,

ā, ka kawea rātou e ia ki te tauranga i hiahia ai rātou.

31 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,

mō āna mahi whakamīharo ki ngā tama a te tangata!

32 Kia whakanui hoki rātou i a ia i roto i te whakaminenga o te iwi,

kia whakamoemiti ki a ia i roto i te nohoanga kaumātua.

33 Ko ia hei mea i ngā awa hei koraha,

i ngā pupūtanga wai hei oneone maroke,

34 i te whenua whai hua, kia tītōhea,

mō te hara o te hunga e noho ana i reira.

35 Ko ia hei mea i te koraha hei hārotoroto wai,

i te whenua maroke hei pupūtanga wai.

36 Ā, whakanohoia iho e ia te hunga matekai ki reira,

hanga ai i tētahi pā hei nohoanga;

37 hei rui māra, hei whakatō māra wāina,

e tupu ai, e maha ai ngā hua.

38 Ko ia anō hei manaaki i a rātou, nō ka nui rawa;

kāhore hoki e tukua kia torutoru haere ā rātou kararehe.

39 Nā, kua iti haere anō rātou, kua piko

i te tūkino, i te hē, i te pōuri,

40 e ringihia ana e ia te whakahāwea ki runga ki ngā rangatira;

e meinga ana kia hēhē i te ururua, i te wāhi kāhore nei he ara;

41 otirā, kei te whakateitei ia i te rawakore ki runga i te mamae,

kei te mea i ōna hapū kia rite ki te kāhui hipi.

42 Ka kite ngā tāngata tika, ā, ka hari;

ko ngā hē katoa hoki, kopia ake te māngai.

43 Ko te tangata whakaaro nui ka mahara ki ēnei mea,

ā, ka mōhio rātou ki te aroha o Ihowā.