1 Ka whakanui ahau i a koe, e Ihowā;

nāu hoki ahau i hāpai ake,

ā, kīhai i tukua ōku hoariri kia hari ki ahau.

2 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, i karanga ahau ki a koe,

ā, kore ake tōku mate i a koe.

3 E Ihowā, nāu i whakaputa ake tōku wairua i te rēinga;

nāu ahau i whakaora kei heke ki te poka.

4 Hīmene ki a Ihowā, e tāna hunga tapu,

whakawhetai hoki ki tōna ingoa tapu.

5 He iti hoki te wāhi e riri ai ia;

he oranga ki te manakohia e ia.

E tau iho te tangi i te ahiahi,

ā, i te ata he hari.

6 I mea ahau i tōku wā i kake ai,

"E kore ahau e whakangāueuetia ā muri ake nei."

7 He manakohanga nāu, e Ihowā,

i ū ai i a koe te tū o tōku maunga;

i hunā e koe tōu mata,

ā, raru iho ahau.

8 E Ihowā, i karanga ahau ki a koe,

i īnoi hoki ki a Ihowā.

9 "He aha te pai o ōku toto

ina heke ahau ki te poka?

Mā te puehu koia koe e whakamoemiti?

Māna oti e whakapuaki tōu pono?

10 Whakarongo, e Ihowā, tohungia hoki ahau;

e Ihowā, ko koe hei āwhina mōku."

11 Kua puta kē i a koe tāku tangi hei kanikani;

kua wewete i tōku kākahu taratara,

ā, whītikiria ana ahau e koe ki te koa;

12 hei mea e hīmene ai tōku korōria ki a koe, kore ake e wahangū.

E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe ake ake.