1 Whakatītahatia iho tōu taringa, e Ihowā, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;

he ware hoki ahau, he rawakore.

2 Tiakina tōku wairua; he tapu hoki ahau.

Māu, e tōku Atua, e whakaora tāu pononga

e whakawhirinaki atu nei ki a koe.

3 Tohungia ahau, e te Ariki;

e karanga nei hoki ahau ki a koe i te rā roa nei.

4 Whakaharitia te wairua o tāu pononga;

ka ara atu nei hoki tōku wairua, e te Ariki, ki a koe.

5 He pai hoki koe, e te Ariki, he ngāwari;

e ranea ana hoki tāu mahi tohu ki te hunga katoa e karanga ana ki a koe.

6 Tahuri mai tōu taringa, e Ihowā, ki tāku īnoi;

whakarongo ki tōku reo unene.

7 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe i te rā o tōku pōuri;

e whakahoki kupu mai hoki koe ki ahau.

8 Kāhore he rite mōu, e te Ariki, i roto i ngā atua;

kāhore hoki he rite mō āu mahi.

9 Ka haere mai ngā iwi katoa i hangā e koe,

ā, ka koropiko ki tōu aroaro, e te Ariki;

ka whakakorōria hoki i tōu ingoa.

10 He nui hoki koe, e mahi ana i ngā mea whakamīharo;

ko koe anake te Atua.

11 Whakaakona ahau ki tāu ara, e Ihowā;

ka haere ahau i runga i tōu pono;

whakatapatahitia tōku ngākau ki te wehi i tōu ingoa.

12 Ka whakamoemiti katoa tōku ngākau ki a koe, e te Ariki, e tōku Atua;

ka whakakorōria anō i tōu ingoa ake ake.

13 He nui hoki tāu mahi tohu ki ahau;

ā, kua whakaorangia e koe tōku wairua i te rēinga i raro riro.

14 E te Atua, kua whakatika ki ahau te hunga whakakake;

kua whāia anō tōku wairua e te huihuinga o te hunga tutū;

kāhore hoki koe e waiho i tō rātou aroaro.

15 Ko koe ia, e te Ariki, he Atua atawhai, he tohu tangata;

he pūhoi ki te riri, e hua ana te mahi tohu me te pono.

16 Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;

hōmai tōu kaha ki tāu pononga,

whakaorangia te tama a tāu pononga wahine.

17 Whakakitea mai ki ahau he tohu mō te pai;

kia kite ai te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, kia whakamā ai;

nōu e Ihowā i āwhina i ahau, i whakamārie i ahau.