1 I kōrerotia e Rāwiri ki a Ihowā ngā kupu o tēnei waiata i te rā i whakaorangia ai ia e Ihowā i te ringa o ōna hoariri katoa, i te ringa anō o Haora.
2 I mea ia:
3 ko te Atua tōku kāmaka,
4 Ka karanga ahau ki a Ihowā e tika nei kia whakamoemititia;
5 “I karapotia ahau e ngā ngaru o te mate,
6 I rōritia ahau e ngā taura a te rēinga;
7 I karanga ahau ki a Ihowā i tōku pāweratanga,
8 “Nā, ka ngāueue te whenua, ka rū;
9 I kake he paowa i ōna pongaponga,
10 I whakapīngoretia e ia ngā rangi, ā, ka heke iho;
11 Nā, ka eke ia ki te kerupa, ā, rere ana;
12 I meinga anō e ia te pōuri hei tēneti ā tawhio noa,
13 Ngiha ana ngā waro
14 Papā ana te whatitiri a Ihowā ngā rangi;
15 Kōkiritia mai ana e ia ngā pere, ā, marara ana rātou;
16 Nā, ka kitea ngā takere o te moana,
17 “I tono karere mai ia i runga, ka mau ki ahau;
18 Nāna ahau i whakaora i tōku hoariri kaha,
19 Huakina tatatia ana ahau e rātou i te rā o tōku matenga;
20 Ā, whakaputaina ana ahau e ia ki te wāhi whānui;
21 “Rite tonu ki tāku mahi tika tā Ihowā utu ki ahau;
22 I pupuri hoki ahau i ngā ara a Ihowā;
23 Kei mua tonu hoki i ahau āna whakaritenga katoa;
24 I tū tika anō ahau ki tōna aroaro;
25 Nō reira i hōmai ai e Ihowā he utu ki ahau, rite tonu ki tōku tika;
26 “He tangata atawhai, ka atawhai anō koe;
27 He tangata mā, ka mā anō koe;
28 E whakaorangia hoki e koe te iwi e tūkinotia ana;
29 Ko koe hoki tōku rama, e Ihowā;
30 Nāu hoki ahau i rere ai ki runga ki te rōpū;
31 “Tēnā ko te Atua, tika tonu tōna ara;
32 Ko wai oti te Atua, ki te kāhore a Ihowā?
33 Ko te Atua tōku pā kaha;
34 Ko ia nei hei mea i ōku waewae kia rite ki ō te hāta;
35 Ko ia hei whakaako i ōku ringa ki te whawhai;
36 Kua hōmai hoki e koe ki ahau te whakangungu rākau o tāu whakaoranga;
37 I whakanuia e koe ōku takahanga i raro i ahau,
38 “Kua arumia e ahau ōku hoariri, ā, hunā iho rātou e ahau;
39 Mōtī iho rātou i ahau, mongamonga noa, tē āhei te whakatika;
40 Nāu hoki ahau i whītiki ki te kaha mō te whawhai;
41 Kua meinga hoki e koe kia hurihia mai e ōku hoariri ō rātou tuarā ki ahau,
42 I tirotiro rātou, heoi kāhore he kaiwhakaora;
43 Nā, tukia ana rātou e ahau, ā, rite noa ki te puehu o te whenua;
44 “Nāu hoki ahau i ora ai i ngā ngangautanga a tōku iwi;
45 Ka tuku mai ngā tāngata iwi kē ki raro i ahau;
46 Ka memeha haere ngā tāngata iwi kē;
47 “E ora ana a Ihowā, kia whakapaingia tōku kāmaka;
48 Arā te Atua e rapu nei i te utu mōku,
49 e whakaputa nei i ahau i roto i ōku hoariri.
50 Mō konei ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,
51 He pourewa whakaora ia ki tāna kīngi;