1 E te Atua, tahuri mai tōu taringa ki tāku īnoi;

kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.

2 Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;

pōkaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei,

e hāmama nei; 3 i te reo hoki o te hoariri,

i te tūkino a te tangata kino.

Nō te mea e utaina ana e rātou he hara ki runga ki ahau,

ā, e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.

4 Mamae pū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;

kua taka ki runga ki ahau ngā wehi whakamate.

5 Kua pā ki ahau te wehi me te wiri;

ā, pōkia iho ahau e te whakamataku.

6 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, "Auē, te whai pākau ahau me he kūkupa;

pēnei ka rere atu ahau, ā, ka whai okiokinga.

7 Kātahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti;

ā, noho rawa atu i te koraha. Hera

8 Ka hohoro tōku rere atu

i te hau, i te āwhā."

9 Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehea ō rātou arero;

kua kitea hoki e ahau te tūkino me te tutū o roto o te pā.

10 Hāereere ana rātou i te ao, i te pō,

i runga i ōna taiepa, ā tawhio noa;

he kino kei roto, he hīanga.

11 He hara kei waenganui ōna;

kāhore ōna ara e mahue

i te tinihanga, i te hīanga.

12 Ehara hoki i te hoariri nāna ahau i tāwai;

pēnei e taea e ahau te whakaririka;

ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai nōku i whakakake ki ahau;

pēnei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.

13 Nāu ia, nā te tangata i rite ki ahau,

nā tōku takahoa, nā tāku i mōhio ai.

14 Āhuareka tonu tā tāua kōrerorero;

haere tahi ana hoki tāua i roto i te rōpū ki te whare o te Atua.

15 Kia mau ohorere rātou i te mate,

kia heke ora ki te rēinga;

he hara hoki kei ō rātou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a rātou.

16 Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua;

ā, mā Ihowā ahau e whakaora.

17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutūmārōtanga,

ka īnoi ahau, ka tangi;

ā, ka whakarongo ia ki tōku reo.

18 Whakaorangia ana e ia tōku wairua

i runga i te rangimārie i ahau e whakaekea ana;

he tokomaha hoki ōku hoa whawhai.

19 Ka whakarongo te Atua, nō tua iho nei tōna nohoanga,

ā, ka whakahoki i tā rātou. Hera

Ko te hunga kāhore ō rātou whakawhitiwhitinga,

ā, kāhore ō rātou wehi ki te Atua.

20 Kua totoro ōna ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a ia;

kua whakatakā e ia tāna kawenata.

21 Māeneene atu tōna māngai i te pata,

he whawhai ia kei roto i tōna ngākau;

ngāwari atu āna kupu i te hinu,

kāhore, he hoari kua oti te unu.

22 Makā ki runga ki a Ihowā tāu pīkaunga,

ā, māna koe e whakaū ake;

e kore e tukua e ia

te hunga tika kia whakangāueuetia ake ake.

23 Māu ia rātou e mea, e te Atua,

kia heke ki te poka o te pirau;

e kore ngā tāngata toto,

ngā tāngata hīanga e tutuki ki te hāwhe o ō rātou rā.

Ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.