Waiata 17

6 Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe,

nō te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau;

whakatītahatia mai tōu taringa ki ahau,

whakarongo ki tāku kupu.

7 Whakaaturia tōu aroha whakamīharo, ko koe hoki, ko tōu matau,

te kaiwhakaora mō te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe,

i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.

8 Tiakina ahau, ānō ko te whatu o te kanohi,

hunā ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ōu pākau,

9 i te hunga kino e tūkino nei i ahau,

i ōku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.