1 Ka hari te hunga he tapatahi nei i te ara,

e haere nei i te Ture a Ihowā.

2 Ka hari te hunga e mau ana ki āna whakaaturanga;

e whakapaua ana ō rātou ngākau ki te rapu i a ia,

3 āe, e kore rātou e mahi i te kino;

e haere ana rātou i āna ara.

4 Kua oti mātou te whakahau ki āu akoranga,

kia āta puritia e mātou.

5 Auē, me i whakatikaia tōku ara

ki te pupuri i āu akoranga!

6 Ko reira ahau ka kore ai e whakamā;

i ahau ka whai whakaaro nei ki āu whakahau katoa.

7 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te ngākau tika,

ina ako ahau i āu whakaritenga tika.

8 Ka puritia e ahau āu tikanga;

kaua ahau e whakarērea rawatia.

9 He aha te mea e mā ai i te taitamariki tōna ara?

Kia rite ki tāu kupu tāna whakamaharatanga iho.

10 Kua whakapaua e ahau tōku ngākau ki te rapu i a koe;

kaua ahau e tukua kia kotiti kē i āu whakahau.

11 Kua whakatakotoria e ahau tāu kupu ki roto ki tōku ngākau,

kei hara ahau ki a koe.

12 E Ihowā, ka whakapaingia koe;

whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.

13 Kua whakapuakina e ōku ngutu

ngā whakaritenga katoa a tōu māngai.

14 Ko tōku koa i te ara o āu whakaaturanga,

me te mea mō ngā taonga katoa.

15 Ka whakaaroaro ahau ki āu ako,

ā, ka whai mahara ki āu huarahi.

16 He oranga ngākau ki ahau āu tikanga;

e kore ahau e wareware ki tāu kupu.

17 Kia atawhai ki tāu pononga,

kia ora ai ahau; kia puritia ai hoki tāu kupu.

18 Whakatirohia ōku kanohi kia kite ai ahau

i ngā mea whakamīharo i roto i tāu ture.

19 He manene ahau i runga i te whenua;

kaua āu whakahau e hunā ki ahau.

20 Ka ngawhā tōku wairua i te matenui atu

ki āu whakaritenga i ngā wā katoa.

21 Kua rīria e koe te hunga whakakake kua oti nei te kanga,

e kotiti kē nei i āu whakahau,

22 parea atu i ahau te tāwai me te whakahāwea,

kua mau hoki ahau ki āu whakaaturanga.

23 I noho anō hoki ngā rangatira ki te kōrero kino mōku;

otirā e whakaaro ana tāu pononga ki āu tikanga.

24 Ko āu whakaaturanga anō tōku oranga ngākau,

ōku hoa whakatakoto whakaaro.

25 Piri tonu tōku wairua ki te puehu;

whakahauoratia ahau kia rite ki tāu kupu.

26 I whakaaturia e ahau ōku ara, ā, whakahoki kupu ana koe ki ahau;

whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.

27 Meinga ahau kia mātau ki te ara o āu ako,

kia whakaaroaro ai ahau ki āu mahi whakamīharo.

28 E māturuturu iho ana tōku wairua i te pōuri;

kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu whakaū ake i ahau.

29 Whakamataratia atu i ahau te ara o te teka;

kia atawhai mai hoki, ā, hōmai tāu ture.

30 Kua whiriwhiria e ahau te ara o te pono;

ka waiho e ahau āu whakaritenga ki tōku aroaro.

31 Piri tonu ahau ki āu whakaaturanga, e Ihowā;

kei whakamā ahau.

32 Ka oma ahau i te ara o āu whakahau,

ina whakanuia e koe tōku ngākau.

33 E Ihowā, whakaakona ahau ki te ara o āu tikanga;

ā, ka mau i ahau taea noatia te mutunga.

34 Hōmai he mātauranga ki ahau, ā, ka mau i ahau tāu ture;

ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te pupuri.

35 Meinga ahau kia haere i te ara o āu whakahau;

ko tāku hoki tēnā e whakaahuareka nei.

36 Whakaangahia tōku ngākau ki āu whakaaturanga;

kaua hoki ki te apo.

37 Whakatahuritia kētia ōku kanohi kei kite i te horihori;

whakahauorangia ahau i tāu ara.

38 Whakapūmautia tāu kupu ki tāu pononga,

e wehi nei ki a koe.

39 Parea atu tōku tāwainga, e wehi nei ahau,

he pai hoki āu whakaritenga.

40 Nanā, kua matenui ahau ki āu ako;

whakahauorangia ahau i runga i tōu tika.

41 Kia puta anō āu mahi tohu ki ahau, e Ihowā,

arā tāu whakaoranga, kia rite ki tāu kupu.

42 Pēnei ka whai kupu māku ki tōku kaitāwai;

nōku ka whakawhirinaki ki tāu kupu.

43 Kaua e tangohia rawatia i tōku māngai te kupu o te pono,

e tūmanako nei hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.

44 Pēnei ka puritia e ahau tāu ture

ake ake.

45 Ā, ka hāereere noa ahau,

kua rapua hoki e ahau āu akoranga.

46 Ka kōrerotia anō e ahau āu whakaaturanga ki te aroaro o ngā kīngi,

e kore anō e whakamā.

47 Ā, ka waiho e ahau hei oranga ngākau mōku

āu whakahau e aroha nei ahau.

48 Ka toro atu hoki ōku ringa ki āu whakahau e aroha nei ahau,

ka whakaaroaro anō ki āu tikanga.

49 Maharatia te kupu ki tāu pononga,

nō te mea kua meinga ahau e koe kia tūmanako atu.

50 Ko tōku oranga ngākau tēnei i ahau e tangi nei;

nā tāu kupu nei hoki ahau i whakahauora.

51 Nui rawa te whakahī ki ahau o te hunga whakakake,

heoi, kīhai ahau i peka kē i tāu ture.

52 I mahara ahau ki āu whakaritenga, e Ihowā, o tua iho;

ā, mārie ana tōku ngākau.

53 Mau pū ahau i te pāwera,

mō te hunga kino kua whakarere nei i tāu ture.

54 Ko āu tikanga āku e hīmene ai

i te whare i noho manene ai ahau.

55 I mahara ahau ki tōu ingoa i te pō, e Ihowā,

ā, puritia ana e ahau tāu ture.

56 I ahau tēnei,

he mau nōku ki āu ako.

57 Ko Ihowā tōku wāhi;

kua mea nei ahau, ka pupuri ahau i āu kupu.

58 I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te īnoi ki a koe kia pai mai;

kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu mahi tohu ki ahau.

59 I whakaaro ahau ki ōku ara,

ā, anga ana ōku waewae ki āu whakaaturanga;

60 i hohoro ahau,

ā, kīhai i whakaroa ki te pupuri i āu whakahau.

61 Karapotia pūtia ana ahau e ngā here a te hunga kino,

kīhai ia ahau i wareware ki tāu ture.

62 I waenganui pō ka ara ahau ki te whakawhetai ki a koe

mō āu whakaritenga tika.

63 He hoa ahau nō te hunga katoa e wehi ana i a koe,

nō te hunga anō e pupuri ana i āu ako.

64 Kī tonu, e Ihowā, te whenua i tāu mahi tohu;

whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.

65 Pai rawa tāu hanga ki tāu pononga,

e Ihowā, rite tonu ki tāu kupu.

66 Whakaakona ahau ki te ngārahu pai, ki te mātauranga;

kua whakapono hoki ahau ki āu whakahau.

67 I ahau kīanō i whakawhiua, i hē ahau;

tēnā ko tēnei, ka puritia e ahau tāu kupu.

68 He pai koe, he pai hoki āu mahi;

whakaakona ahau ki āu tikanga.

69 Kua titoa e te hunga whakakake he teka mōku;

ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te pupuri i āu ako.

70 He ngako rawa tō rātou ngākau, koia anō kei te taupā;

ko ahau ia, he oranga ngākau ki ahau tāu ture.

71 Mārie anō ahau kia pēhia e te pōuri;

i ako ai ahau i āu tikanga.

72 Ko te ture a tōu māngai pai kē atu ki ahau

i ngā mano o te kōura, o te hiriwa.

73 Nā ōu ringa ahau i hanga, i whakawhaiahua;

hōmai he mātauranga ki ahau, kia ako ai ahau ki āu whakahau.

74 Ka hari te hunga e wehi ana i a koe ina kite i ahau;

nōku i tūmanako ki tāu kupu.

75 E mātau ana ahau, e Ihowā, he tika āu whakaritenga,

ā, he pono nōu i pēhia ai tōku ngākau e koe.

76 Tēnā rā, waiho tāu mahi tohu hei whakamārie mōku,

kia rite ki tāu kupu ki tāu pononga.

77 Kia puta ki ahau āu mahi aroha, kia ora ai ahau;

ko tāu ture hoki tōku oranga ngākau.

78 Kia whakamā te hunga whakakake,

nō te mea kāhore he take i hē ai tā rātou hanga ki ahau;

ko ahau ia ka whakaaroaro ki āu akoranga.

79 Ko te hunga e wehi ana ki a koe me anga ki ahau,

ā, ka mōhio rātou ki āu whakaaturanga.

80 Kia tapatahi tōku ngākau ki āu tikanga;

kei whakamā ahau.

81 E matenui ana tōku wairua ki tāu whakaoranga;

otiia ka tūmanako ahau ki tāu kupu.

82 Matawaia ana ōku kanohi he meatanga ki tāu kupu;

i ahau e mea ana, "Āhea koe whakamārie ai i ahau?"

83 Kua rite nei hoki ahau ki te kōkī i roto i te paoa;

he ahakoa e kore ahau e wareware ki āu tikanga.

84 E hia ngā rā o tāu pononga?

Āhea koe whakarite whakawā ai mō te hunga e tūkino nei i ahau?

85 Kua keri poka te hunga whakakake mōku;

he mea kāhore e rite ki tāu ture.

86 Pono tonu āu whakahau katoa;

e tūkino takekore ana rātou i ahau; āwhinatia mai ahau.

87 Wāhi iti kua mōtī ahau i a rātou i runga i te whenua;

otirā kīhai i mahue i ahau āu akoranga.

88 Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu whakahauora i ahau;

ā, ka puritia e ahau ngā whakaaturanga a tōu māngai.

89 Pūmau tonu tāu kupu, e Ihowā,

ake ake i runga i te rangi.

90 Kei ngā whakatupuranga katoa tōu pono;

whakaūngia ana e koe te whenua, ā, e tū nei anō.

91 E tū nei anō ināianei, pērā tonu me tāu i whakarite ai,

he pononga hoki ngā mea katoa nāu.

92 Me kaua tāu ture hei oranga mō tōku ngākau,

kua ngaro ahau i reira i tōku auētanga.

93 E kore rawa ahau e wareware ki āu ako,

he mea whakahauora hoki nāu ēnā i ahau.

94 Nāu ahau; māu ahau e whakaora,

kua rapua hoki e ahau āu ako.

95 Kua tatari te hunga kino ki ahau kia whakamatea,

ka whakaaro ia ahau ki āu whakaaturanga.

96 Kua kitea e ahau te mutunga o ngā mea tino tika katoa,

he whānui rawa ia tāu whakahau.

97 Anō tōku aroha ki tāu ture!

Ko tāku tēnā e whakaaroaro ai i te roa o te rā.

98 Nāu i hira ake ai ōku whakaaro i o ōku hoariri,

nā āu whakahau, e piri tonu nei ki ahau.

99 Nui atu ōku mahara i o ōku kaiwhakaako katoa,

nōku i whakaaroaro tonu ki āu whakaaturanga.

100 Tērā atu tōku mōhio i tō ngā kaumātua,

nō te mea i pupuri ahau i āu ako.

101 Kua kaiponuhia mai e ahau ōku waewae i ngā ara kino katoa,

kia pupuri ai ahau i tāu kupu.

102 Kīhai ahau i tītaha i āu whakaritenga;

nāu hoki ahau i ako.

103 Anō te reka o āu kupu ki tōku ngao,

āe rā, reka atu i te honi ki tōku māngai.

104 Nā āu ako ahau i whai mōhio ai;

nā reira ahau i kino ai ki ngā ara teka katoa.

105 He rama tāu kupu ki ōku waewae,

he mārama ki tōku ara.

106 Kua oati ahau, ā, ka whakamanā anō e ahau,

kia puritia e ahau āu whakaritenga tika.

107 He nui te mamae o tōku ngākau;

whakahauorangia ahau, e Ihowā, kia rite ki tāu kupu.

108 Manakohia, e Ihowā, ngā ohaohatanga a tōku māngai,

whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.

109 Kei tōku ringa tonu tōku wairua,

heoi kāhore ahau e wareware ki tāu ture.

110 Kua whakatakotoria e te hunga kino he māhanga mōku,

heoi, kāhore ahau i peka kē i āu ako.

111 Ka waiho e ahau āu whakaaturanga hei kāinga tupu mōku ake ake;

ko tōku koanga ngākau hoki ēnā.

112 Kua whakaanga e ahau tōku ngākau ki te mahi tonu i āu tikanga;

ā te mutunga rā anō.

113 E kino ana ahau ki te hunga whakaaro ruarua,

ko tāu ture ia tāku e aroha ai.

114 Ko tōku piringa koe, ko tōku whakangungu rākau;

e tūmanako ana ahau ki tāu kupu.

115 Mawehe atu i ahau, e te hunga kino,

ka whakaritea hoki e ahau ngā whakahau a tōku Atua.

116 Kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu tautoko ake i ahau, kia ora ai ahau,

kaua hoki ahau e tukua kia whakamā ki tāku e tūmanako atu nei.

117 Tautokona ake ahau, kia ora ai ahau,

ā, ka whai whakaaro tonu ahau ki āu tikanga.

118 Kua whakahāweatia e koe te hunga katoa e kotiti kē ana i āu tikanga;

he horihori hoki tō rātou tinihanga.

119 Ka whakakāhoretia e koe te hunga kino katoa o te whenua, ānō he para mata;

koia ahau i aroha ai ki āu whakaaturanga.

120 Wiri ana ōku kikokiko i te wehi ki a koe,

e mataku ana hoki ahau ki āu whakaritenga.

121 He whakawā tika, he tika tāku mahi;

kaua ahau e tukua ki ōku kaitūkino.

122 Ko koe hei tuarā mō tāu pononga mō te pai;

kei tūkinotia ahau e te hunga whakakake.

123 Matawaia ana ōku kanohi i te meatanga ki tāu whakaora,

ki te kupu hoki o tāu tika.

124 Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu mahi ki tāu pononga;

whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu tikanga.

125 He pononga ahau nāu; hōmai he mahara ki ahau,

kia mātau ai ki āu whakaaturanga.

126 Kua rite te wā hei mahinga mā Ihowā;

kua whakakāhoretia hoki e rātou tāu ture.

127 Nā reira i arohaina rawatia ai e ahau āu whakahau

i te kōura, āe, i te tino kōura.

128 Nā reira tika tonu ki ahau āu ako katoa mō ngā mea katoa;

kino iho anō ahau ki ngā ara teka katoa.

129 He mea whakamīharo āu whakaaturanga;

i mau ai tōku wairua ki reira.

130 Ko te whakapuakanga o āu kupu he hōmai mārama;

nā reira i hōmai he mahara ki ngā kūware.

131 I hāmama tōku māngai, i kihakiha;

he matenui nōku ki āu whakahau.

132 Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;

kia rite ki tāu hanga ki te hunga e aroha ana ki tōu ingoa.

133 Whakatikaia ōku hīkoinga ki runga i tāu kupu;

kaua hoki tētahi hē e tukua hei rangatira mōku.

134 Whakaorangia ahau i te tūkino a te tangata;

ā, ka puritia e ahau āu ako.

135 Kia mārama mai tōu mata ki tāu pononga;

whakaakona hoki ahau ki āu tikanga.

136 Heke noa ngā awa wai o ōku kanohi;

mō rātou kāhore i pupuri i tāu ture.

137 He tika koe, e Ihowā,

he tika anō āu whakaritenga.

138 He tika, he pono rawa āu whakaaturanga

i whakahaua mai e koe.

139 Ka ngaro ahau i tōku ngākau whakapuke,

mō āu kupu ka wareware nei i ōku hoariri.

140 Hore rawa he para o tāu kupu;

koia i arohaina ai e tāu pononga.

141 He iti ahau, e whakahāweatia ana;

heoi, kāhore ahau e wareware ki āu ako.

142 He tika pūmau tonu tōu tika;

he pono hoki tāu ture.

143 Kua pā mai ki ahau te pōuri me te mamae;

ko āu whakahau ia tōku oranga ngākau.

144 Pūmau tonu te tika o āu whakaaturanga;

hōmai he mahara ki ahau, ā, ka ora ahau.

145 I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te karanga;

whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e Ihowā.

Ka mau i ahau āu tikanga.

146 I karanga ahau ki a koe; whakaorangia ahau,

ā, ka puritia e ahau āu whakaaturanga.

147 Kīanō te ata i pūao noa, kua karanga ahau;

i tūmanako ahau ki āu kupu.

148 I hohoro ōku kanohi i ngā mataaratanga

ki te whakaaroaro ki tāu kupu.

149 Whakarongo ki tōku reo, kia rite ki tōu aroha;

kia rite, e Ihowā, ki tāu i whakarite ai tāu whakahauora i ahau.

150 E whakatata mai ana te hunga e whai ana i te whanokē;

kei tawhiti atu rātou i tāu ture.

151 E tata ana mai koe, e Ihowā;

he pono katoa āu whakahau.

152 Nōnamata ahau i mātau ai ki āu whakaaturanga,

he mea whakapūmau nāu nō tua whakarere.

153 Whakaaro mai ki tōku mate, ā, whakaorangia ahau;

kāhore hoki ahau e wareware ki tāu ture.

154 Tohea tāku tohe, whakaorangia hoki ahau;

kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu whakahauoranga i ahau.

155 Kei tawhiti atu i te hunga kino te whakaoranga;

kāhore hoki rātou e rapu ki āu tikanga.

156 E Ihowā, he nui āu mahi tohu;

kia rite ki āu whakaritenga tāu whakahauora i ahau.

157 He tokomaha ōku kaitūkino, ōku hoariri,

heoi, kāhore ahau i peka kē i āu whakaaturanga.

158 I kite ahau i ngā kaimahi i te kino, ā pōuri iho,

nō rātou kāhore e pupuri i tāu kupu.

159 Tirohia mai tōku aroha ki āu ako;

kia rite ki tōu aroha, e Ihowā, tāu whakahauora i ahau.

160 Ko te huinga katoatanga o tāu kupu he pono;

pūmau katoa anō āu whakaritenga tika ake ake.

161 Hore he rawa i tūkinotia ai ahau e ngā rangatira,

otiia, e wehi ana tōku ngākau i tāu kupu.

162 E hari ana ahau ki tāu kupu,

ānō he tangata kua whiwhi ki te taonga nui.

163 E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki te kōrero teka;

ko tāu ture ia tāku i aroha ai.

164 Takiwhitu āku whakamoemiti ki a koe

i te rā tahi mō āu whakaritenga tika.

165 He rangimārie nui tō te hunga e aroha ana ki tāu ture;

e kore hoki ō rātou waewae e tūtuki.

166 Ā, kua tūmanako ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā,

kua mahi ahau i āu whakahau.

167 Kua puritia e tōku wairua āu whakaaturanga,

āe, e arohaina nuitia ana e ahau.

168 Kua puritia e ahau āu ako me āu whakaaturanga;

kei tōu aroaro hoki ōku ara katoa.

169 Tukua atu tāku tangi kia tata atu ki tōu aroaro, e Ihowā;

hōmai he mahara ki ahau, kia rite ki tāu kupu.

170 Kia tae atu tāku īnoi ki tōu aroaro;

kia rite ki tāu kupu whakaora i ahau.

171 Kia whakapuaki ōku ngutu i te whakamoemiti;

e whakaako ana hoki koe i ahau ki āu tikanga.

172 Mā tōku arero e kōrero tāu kupu;

he tika hoki āu whakahau katoa.

173 Kia rite tōu ringa ki te āwhina i ahau;

kua whiriwhiria hoki e ahau ko āu ako.

174 Kua matenui ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā;

ko tāu ture hoki tōku oranga ngākau.

175 Kia ora tōku wairua, ā, ka whakamoemiti ia ki a koe;

kia āwhinatia hoki ahau e āu whakaritenga.

176 Kua kotiti kē ahau me he hipi ngaro;

rapua tāu pononga,

kāhore hoki ahau e wareware ki āu whakahau.