1 Ke ke fofonga mai ki heʻeku ngaahi lea,

ʻE Sihova,

tokanga ki heʻeku fakalaulauloto.

2 Ke ke fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo ʻeku tangi, ʻE hoku tuʻi, mo hoku ʻOtua:

he te u lotu pe kiate koe.

3 Ko hoku leʻo te ke ongoʻi ʻE Sihova, ʻi he pongipongi;

ʻi he pongipongi te u ʻohake ʻeku lotu kiate koe, pea u hanga hake.

4 He ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua koe ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he angahala:

pea ʻe ʻikai nonofo mo koe ʻae kovi.

5 ‌ʻE ʻikai tuʻu ʻi ho ʻao ʻae kau vale:

ʻoku ke fehiʻa ki he kakai fai kovi kotoa pē.

6 Te ke fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻoku lea loi:

ʻe fakaliliʻa ʻa Sihova ki he tangata pani toto mo kākā.

7 Ka ko au, te u hū ki ho fale ʻi he lahi ʻo hoʻo ʻaloʻofa:

pea ʻi he manavahē kiate koe te u hū ʻi he faletapu ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.

8 Tataki au, ʻE Sihova, ʻi hoʻo māʻoniʻoni koeʻuhi ko hoku ngaahi fili;

fakatotonu ho hala ʻi hoku mata.

9 He ʻoku ʻikai ha moʻoni ʻi honau ngutu;

ʻoku mātuʻaki kovi honau loto;

ko honau kia ko e fonualoto kuo matangaki;

ʻoku nau lapu ʻaki honau ʻelelo.

10 Ke ke fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu, ʻE ʻOtua;

tuku ke nau hinga ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakakaukau ʻanautolu;

ke ke lī kituʻa ʻakinautolu ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻenau talangataʻa;

he kuo nau angatuʻu kiate koe.

11 Kae tuku ke fiefia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku falala kiate koe:

ke nau kalanga maʻuaipē ʻi he fiefia, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo maluʻi ʻakinautolu:

tuku ke fiefia ʻiate koe ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻofa ki ho huafa.

12 He ko koe, ʻE Sihova, te ke tāpuaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni;

te ke kāpui ʻaki ia ʻae ʻofa ʻo hangē ko e fakaū.