1 Naʻa ku pehē, "Te u vakai ki hoku ngaahi hala, telia naʻaku angahala ʻi hoku ʻelelo:

te u ʻai ʻae noʻo ki hoku ngutu, ʻi he kei ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae angakovi."

2 Naʻaku noa, ʻi he fakalongo pē,

naʻaku taʻofi au mei he lea,

ʻio, mei he lelei;

pea naʻe tupu ai ʻeku mamahi.

3 Naʻe vela hoku loto ʻiate au,

pea lolotonga ʻeku fifili naʻe vela ʻae afi:

pea u toki lea ʻaki hoku ʻelelo,

4 "ʻE Sihova, ke ke fakaʻilo kiate au hoku ngataʻanga,

mo hono fuofua ʻo hoku ngaahi ʻaho, pe ko e hā ia;

koeʻuhi ke u ʻilo ki hono lahi ʻo ʻeku vaivai."

5 Vakai, kuo ke ngaohi hoku ngaahi ʻaho ke tatau mo e ʻaofinima pe taha;

pea ko ʻeku moʻui ʻoku hangē ko e meʻa noa pē ʻi ho ʻao:

ko e moʻoni ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻi heʻene tuʻumaʻu ko e mātuʻaki vaʻinga ia. Sila.

6 Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻalu ʻae tangata kotoa pē ʻi he ʻata loi:

ko e moʻoni kuo nau mamahi taʻeʻaonga:

ʻoku ne tānaki ʻae koloa, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo pe ko hai te ne maʻu ia.

7 Pea ko eni, "ʻE Sihova, ko e hā ʻoku ou tatali ai?

ʻOku ʻiate koe pē ʻeku ʻamanaki lelei.

8 Fakamoʻui au mei heʻeku ngaahi talangataʻa kotoa pē:

ʻoua naʻa ke ngaohi au ko e manukiʻanga ʻoe vale."

9 Naʻaku noa, naʻe ʻikai te u mafaʻa hoku ngutu;

koeʻuhi ko koe naʻa ke fai ia.

10 Toʻo atu hoʻo tā ʻiate au:

kuo u ʻauha ʻi he tā ʻaho nima.

11 ‌ʻOka ke ka tautea ʻae tangata ʻaki ʻae tākitala ʻi heʻene hia,

ʻoku ke pule ke mole atu hono lelei ʻo hangē ko e ane:

ko e moʻoni ko e vaʻinga ʻae tangata kotoa pē. Sila.

12 Fanongo mai ki heʻeku lotu, ʻE Sihova, mo ke fakafanongo ki heʻeku tangi;

ʻoua naʻa ke fakalongo pē ʻi hoku ngaahi loʻimata:

he ko e muli au ʻi ho ʻao,

mo e ʻāunofo,

ʻo hangē ko ʻeku ngaahi tamai kotoa pē.

13 Tuku siʻi ai pe au, koeʻuhi ke u toe maʻu ʻeku mālohi,

ʻi he teʻeki ai te u ʻalu ʻi heni, pea te u ʻikai leva.