1 Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowā i ngā wā katoa;

he whakamoemiti tonu tā tōku māngai ki a ia.

2 Ka whakamanamana tōku wairua ki a Ihowā;

ka rongo te hunga māhaki, ā, ka hari.

3 Kia whakanui tahi tātou i a Ihowā,

kia whakateitei tahi hoki i tōna ingoa.

4 I rapu ahau i a Ihowā, ā, rongo mai ana ia ki ahau,

whakaorangia ana ahau e ia i ōku wehi katoa.

5 I titiro rātou ki a ia, ā, kua mārama;

ā, kāhore rawa he whakamā o ō rātou mata.

6 I karanga tēnei tangata iti, ā, whakarongo ana a Ihowā,

whakaora ana i a ia i ōna whakapāwera katoa.

7 E noho ana te anahera a Ihowā i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha,

o te hunga e wehi ana i a ia, ā, e whakaora ana i a rātou.

8 Whakamātauria, kia kite ai koutou i te pai o Ihowā;

ka hari te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

9 Kia wehi ki a Ihowā, e tōna hunga tapu;

e kore hoki e hapa ngā tāngata e wehi ana i a ia.

10 E hapa ana ngā kūao raiona, e mate ana i te kai;

ko te hunga ia e rapu ana ki a Ihowā,

e kore e hapa i tētahi mea pai.

11 Haere mai, e ngā tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau;

māku koutou e ako kia wehi ki a Ihowā.

12 Ko wai te tangata e hiahia ana ki te ora,

e whai ana kia maha ngā rā, kia kite i te pai?

13 Tiakina tōu arero kei kino,

ōu ngutu kei kōrero hīanga.

14 Mawehe atu i te kino, mahia te pai;

rapua te āta noho, whāia hoki.

15 E tau ana ngā kanohi o Ihowā ki te hunga tika;

me ōna taringa ki tā rātou karanga.

16 E hē ana te mata o Ihowā ki ngā kaimahi i te kino,

hei hātepe i a rātou i te whenua kei maharatia.

17 I karanga te hunga tika, ā, i whakarongo a Ihowā,

whakaorangia ana rātou e ia i ō rātou whakapāwera katoa.

18 E tata ana a Ihowā ki te hunga ngākau marū;

ka whakaorangia anō e ia te hunga wairua iro.

19 He tini ngā mate o te tangata tika;

otiia, e whakaorangia ana ia e Ihowā i roto i ērā katoa.

20 E tiakina ana e ia ōna wheua katoa;

e kore tētahi e whati.

21 Ka mate i te kino te tangata hara,

ā, ka hē te hunga e kino ana ki te tangata tika.

22 E hokona ana e Ihowā te wairua o āna pononga;

e kore anō e hē tētahi o te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.