1 Ka ara nei tōku wairua ki a koe, e Ihowā;

2 e tōku Atua, ko koe tōku whakawhirinakitanga;

kei whakamā ahau,

aua ōku hoariri e tukua kia whakaputa ki ahau.

3 Āe, aua tētahi o te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e tukua kia whakamā;

kia whakamā te hunga e tinihanga noa ana.

4 Whakakitea ki ahau āu ara, e Ihowā;

whakaakona ahau ki āu huarahi.

5 Ārahina ahau i tōu pono, whakaakona hoki ahau;

ko koe hoki te Atua o tōku whakaoranga;

pau noa te rā i ahau e tatari nei ki a koe.

6 E Ihowā, kia mahara ki āu mahi tohu, ki āu mahi aroha;

nōnamata riro hoki ēnā.

7 Kaua e maharatia ngā hara o tōku tamarikitanga, me ōku kino;

mahara mai koe ki ahau, e Ihowā,

kia rite ki tāu mahi tohu, kia whakaaro ki tōu pai.

8 He pai, he tika a Ihowā,

ā, ka whakaakona e ia te hunga hara ki te huarahi.

9 Ka ārahina e ia te hunga māhaki i runga i te whakawā;

ka ākona hoki e ia te hunga māhaki ki tāna ara.

10 He mahi tohu, he pono ngā ara katoa o Ihowā

ki te hunga e pupuri ana i tāna kawenata, i āna whakaaturanga.

11 Kia mahara ki tōu ingoa, e Ihowā,

ā, murua tōku kino, he nui nei hoki.

12 Ko wai te tangata e wehi ana ki a Ihowā?

Ka whakaako ia i a ia ki te ara e pai ai ia.

13 Ka noho tōna wairua i runga i te pai,

ā, ka riro te whenua i tōna uri.

14 Kei te hunga e wehi ana i a ia te mea ngaro a Ihowā;

ā, māna e whakakite ki a rātou tāna kawenata.

15 E tau tonu ana ōku kanohi ki a Ihowā;

māna hoki e unu ake ōku waewae i te kupenga.

16 Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;

he mokemoke hoki ahau, e mamae ana te ngākau.

17 Kua whakanuia ngā whakapāwera o tōku ngākau;

whakaputaina ahau i roto i ngā mea e pēhi nei i ahau.

18 Tirohia tōku mate me tōku mamae,

ā, murua katoatia ōku hara.

19 Tirohia mai ōku hoariri, he tokomaha hoki rātou;

ā, he nanakia te kino e kino nei rātou ki ahau.

20 Tiakina tōku wairua, ā, whakaorangia ahau;

kei whakamā ahau; e whakawhirinaki ana hoki ahau ki a koe.

21 Tukua mā te ngākau tapatahi, mā te tika ahau e tiaki;

e tūmanako ana hoki ahau ki a koe.

22 Hokona, e te Atua, a Īharaira

i roto i ōna whakapāwera katoa.