1 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,

e tōku kōhatu, kaua e wahangū ki ahau.

Ki te wahangū hoki koe ki ahau,

ka rite ahau ki te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka.

2 Whakarongo ki tōku reo īnoi,

ua karanga ahau ki a koe,

ina totoro ōku ringa

ki tōu ahurewa tapu.

3 Kaua ahau e kūmea tahitia me te hunga hē;

me ngā kaimahi i te kino,

he mārie ā rātou kupu ki ō rātou hoa,

he kino ia kei roto i ō rātou ngākau.

4 Kia rite ki ā rātou mahi tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou,

ki te kino anō o ā rātou hanga;

kia rite ki ngā mahi a ō rātou ringa tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou,

whakahokia tā rātou utu ki a rātou.

5 Nā, kāhore nei rātou e whakaaro ki ngā mahi a Ihowā,

ki ngā meatanga a ōna ringa,

mō reira ka whakahoroa iho rātou e ia,

e kore anō e whakatūria ake.

6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā mōna

i whakarongo mai ki tōku reo īnoi.

7 Ko Ihowā tōku kaha, tōku whakangungu rākau;

i whakawhirinaki tōku ngākau ki a ia,

ā, āwhinatia ana ahau; koia i hari ai tōku ngākau,

i whakamoemiti ai hoki tāku waiata ki a ia.

8 Ko Ihowā tō rātou kaha,

ko ia anō te kaha whakaora o tāna tangata i whakawahi ai.

9 Whakaorangia tāu iwi, manaakitia tōu kāinga tupu;

whāngainga rātou, whakaarahia ake ake.