1 Whakamoemititia a Ihowā!

Ka hari te tangata e wehi ana i a Ihowā,

e aro nui ana ki āna whakahau.

2 Ka nui ōna uri ki runga ki te whenua;

ka manaakitia te whakatupuranga o te hunga tika.

3 Kei tōna whare te rawa, te taonga;

ka pūmau tonu tōna tika, ake ake.

4 Ka maea ake te mārama i roto i te pōuri ki te hunga tika;

he atawhai ia, he aroha, he tika.

5 He pono ka whiwhi painga te tangata he atawhai, he ohaoha tāna mahi;

ka ū āna kupu i te whakawākanga.

6 E kore hoki ia e whakangāueuetia ake ake;

ka maharatia tonutia te tangata tika ake ake.

7 E kore ia e mataku i te rongo kino;

e ū ana tōna ngākau, e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā.

8 Ka ū tōna ngākau, e kore ia e wehi;

kia kite rā anō ia i tāna i hiahia ai ki ōna hoariri.

9 Kua tuwhaina e ia, kua hoatu ki te hunga rawakore;

pūmau tonu tōna tika ake ake;

ka ara tōna haona i runga i te korōria.

10 Ka kite te tangata kino, ā, ka pōuri;

ka pakiri ōna niho, memeha iho;

pirau iho te hiahia o te hunga kino.