1 Ki te Atua tōku reo,

e karanga nei ahau, ki te Atua tōku reo,

ā, tērā e tahuri mai tōna taringa ki ahau.

2 I rapu ahau ki te Ariki i te rā o tōku pōuri;

mārō tonu tōku ringa i te pō, kīhai anō i pēpeke;

kīhai tōku wairua i pai kia whakamārietia.

3 E mahara ana ahau ki te Atua, ā, e pōuri ana;

kei te whakaaroaro, ā, ngaro iho tōku wairua. Hera

4 E puritia ana e koe ōku kanohi kia mataara tonu;

he pōuri ahau, tē āhei te kōrero.

5 Ka hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā rā onamata,

ki ngā tau o tua iho.

6 E whakamahara ana ahau ki tāku waiata i te pō,

e kōrerorero ana ki tōku ngākau,

e rapurapu ana tōku wairua.

7 "Tērā rānei te Ariki e panga tonu ake ake,

ā, heoi anō rānei āna manakohanga mai?

8 Kua kāhore rānei tāna mahi tohu mō ake tonu atu?

Kua whati rānei tāna kupu ā ake ake?

9 Kua wareware rānei te Atua ki te atawhai?

Kua riri rānei ia, ā, tūtakina atu ana e ia tōna aroha?" Hera

10 Nā, ka mea ahau, "Ko tōku ngoikore tēnei:

otirā ka mahara ahau ki ngā tau o te ringa matau o te Runga Rawa."

11 Ka mahara ahau ki ngā mahi a Ihowā;

āe rā, ka mahara ahau ki āu mea whakamīharo o tua iho.

12 Ka whakaaro hoki ahau ki āu meatanga katoa,

ka pūrākau ki āu mahi.

13 E te Atua, kei te wāhi tapu tōu ara.

Ko wai te atua nui hei rite ki te Atua?

14 Ko koe te Atua e mahi nei i ngā mea whakamīharo;

kua whakapuakina e koe tōu kaha i waenganui o ngā iwi.

15 Hokona ana e tōu ringa tāu iwi,

ngā tama a Hākopa rāua ko Hōhepa. Hera

16 I kite ngā wai i a koe, e te Atua,

i kite ngā wai i a koe, mataku ana;

i oho anō ngā rire.

17 Ringihia ana he wai e ngā kapua,

puaki ana te haruru o ngā rangi;

rererere ana āu pere.

18 I roto i te āwhiowhio te haruru o tāu whatitiri;

mārama noa te ao i ngā uira;

wiri ana te whenua, oioi ana.

19 I te moana tōu ara,

i ngā wai nui tōu huarahi,

e kore anō e kitea ōu takahanga.

20 He mea ārahi e koe tāu iwi ānō he kāhui,

arā e te ringa o Mohi rāua ko Ārona.