1 E mea ana te mahi kino a te tangata hara

i roto i tōku ngākau,

kāhore he wehi ki te Atua

i mua i ōna kanohi.

2 E whakapai ana hoki ōna kanohi ake ki a ia anō,

e kore e kitea tōna hara, e kore e kinongia.

3 He kino ngā kupu a tōna māngai, he rauhanga hoki,

kua mahue i a ia te mahara, te mahi i te pai.

4 He mahi nanakia tāna e whakaaro ai i runga i tōna moenga;

ehara i te pai te ara e tūria ana e ia,

kāhore ōna whakarihariha ki te kino.

5 Kei ngā rangi, e Ihowā, tāu mahi tohu;

tutuki noa atu tōu pono ki ngā kapua.

6 Rite tonu tōu tika ki ngā maunga o te Atua;

he rire nui āu whakaritenga;

ko koe, e Ihowā, te kaiwhakaora i te tangata, i te kararehe.

7 Anō te pai o tōu aroha, e te Atua;

ka okioki ngā tama a te tangata

i raro i te taumarumarutanga iho o ōu pākau.

8 Ka mākona rātou i ngā mea mōmona o tōu whare;

ka whakainumia anō e koe ki te awa o āu mea whakahari.

9 Kei a koe hoki te puna o te ora;

mā tōu mārama ka kite ai mātou i te mārama.

10 Kia roa tōu aroha ki te hunga e mātau ana ki a koe,

tōu tika hoki ki te hunga ngākau tika.

11 Kei puta mai ki ahau te waewae whakapakari;

kei āia atu ahau e te ringa o te hunga hara.

12 Hinga iho i reira ngā kaimahi i te kino;

kua turakina iho, tē āhei te ara ake.