1 Tohungia ahau, e te Atua, tohungia ahau,

e whakawhirinaki ana hoki tōku wairua ki a koe;

āe, ka piri ahau ki raro ki te taumarumarutanga o ōu pākau,

kia pahemo rā anō ēnei mate.

2 Ka karanga ahau ki te Atua, ki te Runga Rawa,

ki te Atua e oti ai āku mea katoa.

3 Ka ungā mai e ia he kaiwhakaora mōku i te rangi,

ina tāwai te tangata e mea ana kia horomia ahau. Hera

Ka ungā mai e te Atua tāna mahi tohu me tōna pono.

4 Kei waenganui tōku wairua i ngā raiona;

e takoto ana ahau i waenganui i te hunga e kāia ana e te ahi;

i ngā tama hoki a te tangata, he tao nei ō rātou niho,

he pere, he hoari koi anō ō rātou arero.

5 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga ake i ngā rangi;

hei runga atu i te whenua katoa tōu korōria.

6 Kua whakatakotoria e rātou he kupenga mō ōku takahanga,

kua piko tōku wairua;

kua keria e rātou he poka ki tōku aroaro,

ā, taka iho ko rātou anō ki roto. Hera

7 Pūmau tonu tōku ngākau, e te Atua,

pūmau tonu tōku ngākau;

ka waiata ahau, āe, ka hīmene ahau.

8 E ara, e tōku korōria!

E ara, e te hātere, e te hāpa;

ka ara wawe anō ahau.

9 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe, e te Ariki, i waenganui i ngā iwi;

ka hīmene ki a koe i waenganui i ngā tauiwi.

10 He nui hoki tāu mahi tohu, ā tutuki noa ki ngā rangi,

me tōu pono ā tutuki noa ki ngā kapua.

11 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga i ngā rangi;

hei runga i te whenua katoa tōu korōria.