1 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, kei a koe tōku whakawhirinakitanga;

kia ora ahau i te hunga katoa e aru ana i ahau,

kia mawhiti atu hoki ahau;

2 kei haehae ia i tōku wairua, ānō he raiona,

ā, tītaritari noa, i te mea kāhore he kaiārai.

3 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, ki te mea nāku tēnā mahi,

ki te mea he hara kei ōku ringa;

4 ki te mea i whakahokia e ahau he kino ki te tangata kua mau nei tā māua rongo;

i whakaora nei hoki ahau i te tangata i kino noa mai ki ahau;

5 kia arumia tōku wairua e te hoariri, ā, kia mau;

kia takahia hoki tōku ora e ia ki te whenua,

kia whakatakotoria anō tōku korōria ki te puehu. Hera

6 E Ihowā, whakatika, kia riri koe, ara ake,

e nanā nei hoki ōku hoa whawhai;

kia oho ake hoki koe mōku; kua kīia e koe te whakawā.

7 Tukua kia karapotia koe e te whakaminenga o ngā iwi;

mā runga atu i a rātou tōu hokinga atu ki runga.

8 Ko Ihowā e whakarite whakawā ana mō ngā iwi;

kia rite, e Ihowā, tāu whakawā mōku ki tāku mahi tika,

ki te tapatahi hoki o ōku whakaaro.

9 Kia whakamutua te kino o te hunga kino;

whakaūkia hoki te tangata tika;

e whakamātautau ana hoki te Atua tika i ngā ngākau,

i ngā whatumanawa.

10 Kei te Atua tōku whakangungu rākau,

māna e whakaora te hunga ngākau tika.

11 He kaiwhakawā tika te Atua, āe rā,

he Atua e riri ana i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.

12 Ki te kore tētahi e tahuri,

ka whakakoia e ia tāna hoari;

kua whakapikoa e ia tāna kōpere,

ā, oti rawa te whakapai.

13 Oti rawa anō āna mea whakamate te whakapai e ia;

kua meinga e ia āna pere ānō he ahi.

14 Nanā, he kino te mea e whakamamae nei ia;

he whanokē te mea i hapū ki roto ki a ia,

ā, whānau ake he teka.

15 I pokaia e ia he poka, he mea keri nāna,

taka iho ia ki roto ki te rua i mahia e ia.

16 Ka hoki tōna whanokē ki tōna mātenga,

ā, ka tau iho tāna tūkino ki tōna tumuaki.

17 Ka rite ki tōna tika tāku whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,

ka hīmene atu hoki ahau ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Runga Rawa.