1 Ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te whakawhetai ki a koe;

ka hīmene atu ahau ki a koe i te aroaro o ngā atua.

2 Ka koropiko atu ahau ki te ritenga o tōu temepara tapu,

ā, ka whakamoemiti ki tōu ingoa,

mō tōu aroha me tōu pono;

kua whakanuia hoki e koe

tāu kupu ki runga ake i tōu ingoa katoa.

3 I whakahoki kupu mai koe ki ahau i te rā i karanga ai ahau,

ā, whakahirihiritia ana e koe tōku wairua ki te kaha.

4 Ka whakamoemiti ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua ki a koe, e Ihowā,

kua rongo hoki rātou ki ngā kupu a tōu māngai.

5 Āe, e waiata rātou mō ngā ara o Ihowā;

he nui hoki te korōria o Ihowā.

6 Ahakoa hoki kei runga rawa a Ihowā, e titiro iho ana anō ia ki te hunga pāpaku;

tēnā ko te tangata whakakake, i tawhiti anō kua mātauria e ia.

7 Ahakoa haere ahau i waenganui o te hē,

māu ahau e whakahauora;

ka totoro tōu ringa ki te riri o ōku hoa whawhai,

mā tōu ringa matau anō ahau e whakaora.

8 Mā Ihowā e whakaoti āku mea;

e Ihowā, e mau ana tāu mahi tohu ake ake.

Kaua e whakarērea ngā mahi a ōu ringa.