1 E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowā;

mōna i whakarongo ki tōku reo, ki āku īnoi.

2 I tahuri mai tōna taringa ki ahau;

mō reira ka karanga ahau ki a ia i ahau e ora ana.

3 I karapotia ahau e ngā whakawiringa a te mate;

mau pū ahau i ngā mamae o te rēinga,

i kite ahau i te pāwera, i te pōuri.

4 Nā, ko tāku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā:

"Tēnā rā, e Ihowā, whakaorangia tōku wairua!"

5 He atawhai a Ihowā, he tika;

āe, he aroha tō tātou Atua.

6 E tiakina ana e Ihowā te hunga kūware;

i whakaititia ahau, ā, nāna ahau i whakaora.

7 E hoki, e tōku wairua, ki tōu okiokinga;

kua atawhaitia hoki koe e Ihowā.

8 Nāu hoki tōku wairua i whakaora kei mate,

ōku kanohi kei whai roimata,

ōku waewae kei paheke.

9 Tērā ahau e hāereere i te aroaro o Ihowā

i te whenua o te ora.

10 I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i kōrero ai;

"He nui tōku whakawhiunga."

11 I mea ahau i tōku ohoreretanga,

"He teka kau ngā tāngata katoa."

12 He aha tāku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowā

mō āna atawhainga katoa i ahau?

13 Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga,

ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā.

14 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā

i te aroaro o tāna iwi katoa.

15 He mea utu nui ki tā Ihowā titiro

te matenga o tāna hunga tapu.

16 E Ihowā, he pono ko ahau tāu pononga;

ko ahau tāu pononga, ko te tama a tāu pononga wahine;

nāu i wewete ōku here.

17 Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, arā te whakawhetai;

ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā.

18 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā,

āe, ki te aroaro o tāna iwi katoa,

19 ki ngā marae o te whare o Ihowā,

ki waenganui ōu, e Hiruhārama.

Whakamoemititia a Ihowā!