1 Ka hari te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te rawakore;

e whakaorangia ia e Ihowā i te rā o te hē.

2 Mā Ihowā ia e tiaki, e whakaora;

ka whakaharitia ia i runga i te whenua.

E kore anō e tukua e koe ki ngā hiahia o ōna hoariri.

3 Mā Ihowā ia e whakakaha, i a ia e whakaruhi ana i runga i te moenga:

māu anō e whakapai katoa tōna moenga i a ia e mate ana.

4 I mea ahau, "E Ihowā, tohungia ahau;

rongoātia tōku wairua; kua hara hoki ahau ki a koe."

5 He kino te kōrero a ōku hoariri mōku, e mea ana,

"Āhea rānei ia mate ai, pirau ai tōna ingoa?"

6 Ā, ki te haere mai ia kia kite i ahau, ka kōrero horihori ia;

e āmi ana tōna ngākau i te kino māna;

i tōna putanga ki waho, kōrerotia ana e ia.

7 E kōmuhumuhu ana mōku te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau;

e whakatakoto ana i te kino mōku.

8 E ai tā rātou, "E piri ana te mate kino ki a ia;

ā, ka takoto nei ia, heoi anō tōna aranga ake."

9 Āe, ko tōku hoa ake anō, i whakawhirinaki ai ahau,

i kai nei i tāku taro, kua hiki ake tōna rekereke ki ahau.

10 Ko koe ia, e Ihowā, kia aroha ki ahau;

ā, whakaarahia ahau, kia utua ai rātou e ahau.

11 Nā konei ahau i mātau ai e pai ana koe ki ahau,

nō te mea kāhore tōku hoariri e whakamanamana ki ahau.

12 Ko ahau ia, ko koe e whakamau ake ana i ahau i runga i tōku ngākau tapatahi;

e whakatū ake ana hoki i ahau ki tōu aroaro ake tonu atu.

13 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira

inamata riro anō, ake tonu atu anō hoki.

Āmine, āe Āmine.