1 Ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,

ka kōrerotia e ahau āu mahi whakamīharo katoa.

2 Ka koa ahau, ka whakamanamana ki a koe,

ka hīmene atu ki tōu ingoa, e te Runga Rawa.

3 I te hokinga whakamuri o ōku hoariri,

tūtuki ana rātou, ngaro iho i tōu aroaro.

4 Nāu hoki i whakatika āku kōrero me tōku whakawā;

i runga koe i te torōna e noho ana, e whakarite tika ana.

5 Kua whakatūpehupehu koe ki ngā tauiwi,

hunā ana e koe te tangata kino,

horoia atu ana tō rātou ingoa ake ake.

6 Ko te hoariri, mutu pū rātou, he ngaromanga oti tonu iho;

ā, ko ngā pā i hunā e koe,

ngaro whakarere tō rātou whakamaharatanga.

7 Ko Ihowā ia noho tonu hei kīngi, ake, ake;

kua whakapaia e ia tōna torōna mō te whakawā.

8 Ā, e whakarite ia mō te ao i runga i te tika,

ka whakatakoto tikanga mō ngā iwi i runga i te pono.

9 Hei pā teko anō a Ihowā mō te tangata e tūkinotia ana,

hei pā teko i ngā wā o te hē.

10 Ā, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe te hunga e mātau ana ki tōu ingoa;

nō te mea e kore e whakarērea e koe,

e Ihowā, te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

11 Hīmene ki a Ihowā e noho nei i Hiona.

Whakapuakina i waenganui ngā iwi āna mahi.

12 Ka whakataki toto ia, ka mahara ia ki a rātou;

kāhore e wareware i a ia te karanga a te hunga iti.

13 Tohungia ahau, e Ihowā;

titiro ki tōku mate i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau,

e te kaiwhakaara i ahau i ngā tatau o te mate;

14 kia whakakitea katoatia ai e ahau

ōu whakamoemiti i ngā tatau o te tamāhine o Hiona;

ka hari ahau ki tāu whakaoranga.

15 Kua tapoko ngā tauiwi ki te rua i keria e rātou;

kua mau tō rātou waewae i roto i te kupenga i hunā e rātou.

16 Kua mātauria a Ihowā ki te whakawā e whakaritea ana e ia;

he māhanga mō te tangata kino te mahi a ōna ringa. Hikaiono. Hera.

17 Ka hoki ngā tāngata kino ki te rēinga,

arā ngā iwi katoa e wareware ana ki te Atua.

18 E kore hoki e warewarea tonutia te tangata rawakore;

e kore e taka tonu tā te hunga iti i tūmanako atu ai.

19 E ara, e Ihowā, kei riro i tā te tangata;

kia whakawākia ngā tauiwi i tōu aroaro.

20 E Ihowā, meinga rātou kia wehi;

kia mātau ngā tauiwi he tangata nei anō rātou. Hera