1 Whakaorangia ahau, e Ihowā, i te tangata kino;

āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,

2 e whakaaro kino nei i ō rātou ngākau,

e whakamine nei i a rātou i ngā wā katoa ki te whawhai.

3 Kua whakakoia tō rātou arero, ānō he nākahi;

kei raro i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o te neke. Hera

4 Tiakina ahau, e Ihowā, i ngā ringa o te hunga kino;

āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,

kua mea nei kia tutea ōku hīkoinga.

5 Kua hunā e te hunga whakakake te māhanga mōku, me ngā aho;

kua horahia e rātou he kupenga ki te taha o te ara;

kua whakapikoa e rātou he rore mōku. Hera

6 I mea ahau ki a Ihowā, "Ko koe tōku Atua."

Whakarongo, e Ihowā, ki tōku reo īnoi.

7 E Ihowā, e te Ariki, e te kaha o tōku whakaoranga,

nāu i hīpoki tōku upoko i te rā o te tatauranga.

8 Aua e whakaaetia, e Ihowā, ngā hiahia o te tangata kino;

kei taea tōna whakaaro korokē;

kei whakakake rātou. Hera

9 Tēnā ko te upoko o te hunga e whakapae nei i ahau,

kia hīpokina rātou e te kino o ō rātou ngutu!

10 Kia taka he waro mura ki runga ki a rātou;

kia pangā rātou ki te ahi, ki roto ki ngā poka hōhonu,

kei whakatika ake anō rātou.

11 E kore te tangata kōrero kino e whakapūmautia ki runga ki te whenua;

mā te kino e aruaru te tangata tutū, kia turakina atu ia ki raro.

12 E mātau ana anō ahau mā Ihowā e tohe te whakawā a te tangata e tūkinotia ana,

te mea hoki e rite ana mā ngā rawakore.

13 He pono ka whakawhetai te hunga pai ki tōu ingoa;

ka noho te hunga tika ki tōu aroaro.