1 He pono, he pai te Atua ki a Īharaira;

ki te hunga ngākau mā.

2 Ko ahau ia, wāhi iti kua tapepa ōku waewae;

me i kotahi kua paheke ōku takahanga.

3 I hae hoki ahau ki te hunga whakahī,

i tōku kitenga i te tangata hara e kake ana.

4 Kāhore hoki he whakawiringa a te mate i a rātou;

he mārō anō ō rātou uaua.

5 Kāhore ngā mea whakapōuri tāngata e pā ki a rātou;

kāhore anō rātou e whiua tahitia me te mano tāngata.

6 Nā reira, ānō he hei te whakakake e awhi nei i a rātou,

ānō he kākahu te tutū e hīpokina nei rātou.

7 Pupuhi ana ō rātou kanohi i te ngako;

nui ake ngā mea i a rātou i a ō rātou ngākau i hiahia ai.

8 E whakahī ana rātou, e kōrero kino ana mō te whakatoi;

kei runga noa ake ā rātou kōrero.

9 Tutuki tonu tō rātou māngai ki ngā rangi;

e kōpikopiko ana hoki tō rātou arero i runga i te whenua.

10 Koia tōna iwi i hoki mai ai ki konei;

ā, e whakawiria ana he wai mō rātou, kī tonu te kapu.

11 E mea ana rātou, "Mā te aha e mātau ai te Atua?

He mātauranga koia tō te Runga Rawa?"

12 Nanā, ko te hunga kino tēnei,

kei runga tonu i te whenua rangatira,

e hua ana ō rātou taonga.

13 He pono he maumau tāku mea i tōku ngākau kia mā,

tāku horoi hoki i ōku ringa ki te harakore.

14 E whiua ana hoki ahau i te roa o te rā,

e pākia ana i ngā ata katoa.

15 Me i kī ahau, "Ka pēnei tāku kōrero,"

nā, e tinihanga ana ahau ki te whakatupuranga o āu tamariki.

16 I tāku meatanga kia mātauria tēnei,

ka kite ahau he mahi whakauaua rawa;

17 tae noa ahau ki te wāhi tapu o te Atua,

kātahi ahau ka mōhio ki tō rātou mutunga.

18 He pono i whakatūria rātou e koe ki ngā wāhi pāhekeheke;

ā, whakatakā ana e koe ki te ngaromanga.

19 Anō te pānga whakareretanga o tō rātou hunanga,

kua pau rawa i ngā wehi!

20 Ka rite ki te rekanga kanohi, ina ara ake te tangata,

tāu whakahāwea ki tō rātou āhua,

e te Ariki, ina ara ake koe.

21 Nā, mamae noa iho tōku ngākau,

ā, hukihuki ana ōku whatumanawa.

22 He whakaarokore hoki ahau, he kūware;

me te mea he kīrehe ahau i tōu aroaro.

23 Ahakoa rā kei a koe tonu ahau;

e puritia ana e koe tōku ringa matau.

24 Mā tōu whakaaro ahau e ārahi;

muri iho ka riro ahau i a koe ki te korōria.

25 Ko wai hoki tōku i te rangi ko koe anake?

Kāhore atu hoki ōku i te whenua e hiahia ai, ko koe anake.

26 Hemo iho ōku kikokiko me tōku ngākau;

ko te Atua ia te kaha o tōku ngākau,

tōku wāhi ake ake.

27 Nā, ko te hunga e mamao atu ana i a koe ka mate;

ka ngaro i a koe te hunga pūremu katoa e whakarere nei i a koe.

28 Ko ahau ia, he pai ki ahau te whakatata ki te Atua;

kua waiho e ahau te Ariki, a Ihowā, hei whakawhirinakitanga mōku,

kia whakapuakina ai e ahau āu mahi katoa.