1 He mea pai te whakawhetai ki a Ihowā,

te hīmene atu ki tōu ingoa, e te Runga Rawa;

2 te whakakite i tōu atawhai i te ata,

i tōu pono i ngā pō katoa;

3 i runga i te aho tekau, i te hātere;

i te tangi huatau a te hāpa.

4 Nāu hoki ahau, e Ihowā, i whakahari ki tāu mahi;

ka whakamanamana ahau ki ngā meatanga a ōu ringa.

5 Anō te nui o āu mahi, e Ihowā!

Hōhonu rawa ōu whakaaro.

6 Ko te tangata pōauau, kāhore ia e mātau;

kāhore hoki tēnei e mōhiotia e te kūware.

7 Kia pihi ake ngā whakaarokore ānō he tarutaru,

ā, kia tupu ngā kaimahi katoa i te kino;

he ngaromanga tēnā nō rātou ake ake.

8 Ko koe ia, e Ihowā, kei runga rawa ake ake.

9 Nā, ko ōu hoa whawhai, e Ihowā,

nā, ko ōu hoa whawhai, ka ngaro;

ka marara katoa ngā kaimahi i te kino.

10 Otirā, ka ara i a koe tōku haona,

ka pērā i tō te kau mākā;

ka whakawahia ahau ki te hinu hou.

11 Ka kite hoki tōku kanohi i tāku i hiahia ai ki runga ki ōku hoariri,

ka rongo ōku taringa i tāku i hiahia ai

o te hunga kino e whakatika ana mai ki ahau.

12 Ka rite te tupu o te tangata tika ki tō te nīkau;

ka rite tōna nui ki tō te hīta i Repanōna.

13 Ko te hunga i whakatōkia ki te whare o Ihowā

ka tupu ki ngā marae o tō tātou Atua.

14 Ka whai hua tonu rātou ua hina;

kī tonu i te wai, matomato tonu;

15 hei whakakite i te tika o Ihowā;

ko ia tōku kōhatu, kāhore hoki ōna hē.