Te Whākinga me te Murunga
1 Ka hari te tangata kua oti tāna hē te muru,
tōna hara te hīpoki.
2 Ka hari te tangata kāhore nei e whakairia e Ihowā he hara ki a ia,
ā, kāhore he hīanga i tōna wairua.
3 I ahau kīhai i kuihi, ngahengahe kau ōku iwi
i tāku auētanga i te rā roa.
4 Nō tōu ringa i taimaha ki ahau i te ao, i te pō;
kua whakaputaina kētia tōku mākūkūranga,
ānō nā te maroketanga o te raumati. Hera
5 I whākina e ahau tōku hara ki a koe,
kīhai hoki i huna i tōku kino;
i mea ahau, "Ka whākina āku mahi tutū ki a Ihowā,"
ā, murua ana e koe te kino o tōku hara. Hera
6 Mō konei ka īnoi ki a koe
ngā tāngata tapu katoa i te wā e kitea ai koe;
he pono ka ngawhā ngā wai nui,
e kore e tata ki a ia.