1 Ka whakawhetai tonu mātou ki a koe, e te Atua,

ka whakawhetai tonu mātou; kei te tata mai hoki tōu ingoa.

E kōrerotia ana e te tangata āu mahi whakamīharo.

2 "Ka kitea e ahau te wā e rite ana,

ka tika tāku whakawā.

3 Kūteretere noa iho te whenua me ōna tāngata katoa;

nāku i whakatū ōna pou. Hera

4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, ‘Kāti rā te whakakake,’

ki te hunga hara anō, ‘Kaua e whakaarahia te haona;

5 kaua tō koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga,

kāti te whakamārō i te kakī ina kōrero.’ "

6 Nō te mea kāhore he aranga i te rāwhiti,

kāhore i te hauāuru, kāhore hoki i te tonga.

7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawā;

ko tēnei e whakaititia iho ana e ia,

ko tērā e whakaarahia ake ana.

8 Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowā he kapu,

pāhuka tonu te wāina;

kī tonu, whakananu rawa,

hei ringihanga māna;

ko ngā nganga ia,

mā te hunga kino katoa o te whenua e tatau, e inu.

9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu;

ka hīmene ki te Atua o Hākopa.

10 Ā, ka kotia e ahau ngā haona katoa o te hunga kino;

ka whakaarahia ake ia ngā haona o te tangata tika.