1 E Ihowā, kaua e whakatūpehupehu mai ki ahau ina riri koe,

kaua anō ahau e pākia ina ārita koe.

2 Titi tonu hoki āu pere ki ahau;

kaha rawa te pēhi a tōu ringa i ahau.

3 Kāhore he wāhi ora o ōku kikokiko,

nā tōu riri hoki;

kāhore anō e āta takoto ōku wheua,

nōku i hara nei.

4 Kua taupokina iho hoki tōku mātenga e ōku kino;

ānō he pīkaunga taimaha e pēhi rawa ana i ahau.

5 E piro ana ōku whiunga,

kua pirau i tāku mahi pōauau.

6 E whakawiria ana ahau, piko rawa;

e tangi haere ana i te roa o te rā.

7 Kei te tahuna hoki tōku hope, kapi tonu;

kāhore hoki he wāhi ora o ōku kikokiko.

8 Kua kore ōku kaha, marū rawa ahau;

hāmama ana tāku auē i te mamae o tōku ngākau.

9 E te Ariki, kei tōu aroaro ōku hiahia katoa;

kāhore hoki e ngaro i a koe tāku auē.

10 Kihakiha kau tōku ngākau, kua hemo tōku kaha;

me te mārama o ōku kanohi, kua kore hoki ēnā ōku.

11 Matara noa atu i tōku mate te tūranga mai

o ngā tāngata i aroha mai ki ahau, o ōku hoa hoki;

i tawhiti anō ōku whanaunga e tū kē mai ana.

12 E whakatakoto māhanga ana mōku te hunga e whai ana i ahau kia whakamatea;

he nanakia anō ngā kupu a te hunga e rapu ana i te hē mōku;

he whakaaro tinihanga anō ā rātou ā pau noa te rā.

13 Ko ahau ia, i rite ki te turi, kīhai i rongo,

ki te tangata wahangū, kāhore nei e hamumu tōna māngai.

14 Nā, rite tonu ahau ki te tangata kāhore nei e rongo,

kāhore nei he whakatūpehupehu i tōna māngai.

15 E tūmanako nei hoki ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā;

ka whakahoki kupu mai anō koe, e te Ariki, e tōku Atua.

16 I mea hoki ahau, "Kei koa mai rātou ki ahau;

ka paheke tōku waewae, ka whakahīhī rātou ki ahau."

17 Ko ahau hoki, meāke kopa,

ā, kei mua tonu i ahau tōku pōuri.

18 Ka whāki hoki ahau i tōku kino,

ka pōuri mō tōku hara.

19 Ko ōku hoariri ia hauhau tonu, kaha tonu;

kua tokomaha anō te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau.

20 He hoariri anō ki ahau te hunga e utu ana i te pai ki te kino;

mōku e whai ana i te pai.

21 Kaua ahau e whakarērea, e Ihowā,

e tōku Atua; kei mamao atu koe i ahau.

22 Hohoro ki te āwhina i ahau, e te Ariki,

e tōku whakaoranga.