Ka Tata a Ihowā i ngā Wā Katoa
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.
1 E Ihowā, kua tirotirohia ahau e koe,
kua mōhiotia anō e koe.
2 E mātau ana koe ki tōku nohoanga iho, ki tōku whakatikanga ake;
e mōhio ana koe ki ōku whakaaro i tawhiti.
3 E kitea pūtia ana e koe tōku ara me tōku takotoranga iho;
e matatau ana hoki koe ki ōku ara katoa.
4 Kāhore rawa hoki he kupu i tōku arero,
i toe i a koe te mōhio, e Ihowā.
5 Kua hangā a muri, a mua, ōku e koe;
kua pā anō tōu ringa ki ahau.
6 He mea whakamīharo rawa,
kei tawhiti atu hoki i ahau, tēnei mātauranga;
kei runga noa atu, e kore e taea e ahau.
7 Me haere ahau ki hea i tōu wairua?
Me oma rānei ahau ki hea i tōu aroaro?
8 Ki te kake ahau ki te rangi, kei reira koe;
ki te whārikitia e ahau tōku moenga i roto i te rēinga, kei reira anō koe.
9 Ki te tango ahau ki ngā pākau o te ata,
ā, ka noho ki ngā tōpito o te moana;
10 kei reira anō tōu ringa hei ārahi i ahau,
tōu matau hei pupuru i ahau.
11 Ki te mea ahau, "He pono, tērā ahau e hīpokina e te pōuri,
ā, ko te mārama i tētahi taha ōku, i tētahi taha, ka meinga he pō,"
12 ahakoa te pōuri kāhore e huna mai i a koe,
engari ka mārama te pō ānō ko te ao,
ki a koe rite tahi te pōuri me te mārama.
13 I a koe hoki ōku whatumanawa;
nāu hoki ahau i hīpoki i roto i te kōpū o tōku whaea.
14 Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe;
he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamīharo tōku hanganga;
he mahi whakamīharo āu mahi,
mōhio rawa anō tōku wairua ki tēnā.
15 Kīhai i hunā ōku wāhi i a koe,
i ahau e hangā ngarotia ana,
e āta whakairohia ana i ngā wāhi hōhonu rawa o te whenua.
16 I kite ōu kanohi i ahau, kāhore anō kia āhua noa.
I tuhituhia katoatia anō hoki ōku wāhi ki tāu pukapuka,
i ngā rangi i whakaahua ai,
i te mea kāhore anō tētahi i oti noa.
17 Kia pēhea mai hoki te matenui o ōu whakaaro ki ahau, e te Atua;
koia anō te ranea, ina huihuia!
18 Ki te taua e ahau – maha atu i te onepū;
ka oho ake ahau – kei a koe tonu ahau.
19 He pono ka patua e koe, e te Atua, te tangata kino;
mawehe koia atu i ahau, e ngā tāngata toto.
20 He kino hoki ā rātou kupu mōu;
e whakahua noa ana ōu hoariri i tōu i ingoa.
21 Kāhore ianei ahau, e Ihowā, e kino ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koe?
E whakarihariha hoki ki te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe?
22 He tino kino tāku kino ki a rātou;
waiho iho rātou e ahau hei hoariri mōku.
23 Tirohia iho ahau, e te Atua, kia mātau hoki koe ki tōku ngākau;
whakamātautauria ahau, kia mātau hoki koe ki ōku whakaaro.
24 Kia kite mehemea kei ahau tētahi ara o te kino,
ka ārahi ai i ahau i te ara pūmau.