1 Ko te poropititanga i kitea e Hapakuku poropiti.
2 Kia pēhea te roa, e Ihowā, o tāku tangi,
3 He aha koe i whakakite mai ai i te kino ki ahau?
4 Nā reira kahakore noa iho te ture,
5 “Titiro atu ki ngā tauiwi, mātakitaki,
6 Nō te mea tēnei ka ara i ahau ngā Karari,
7 “He hanga whakamataku rātou, he mea wehi;
8 He tere atu ā rātou hōiho i te reparo,
9 “Ko rātou katoa he mahi nanakia i haere mai ai;
10 Āe rā, e taunu ana ia ki ngā kīngi,
11 Kātahi ia ka wheoro ake ānō he hau,
12 He teka ianei nōnamata riro koe,
13 He kanohi mā rawa ōu, e kore koe e titiro ki te kino,
14 He aha ngā tāngata i meinga ai e koe
15 Ko rātou katoa tangohia ake e ia ki te matau,
16 Koia ia i whakahere ai ki tāna kupenga,
17 He mea anō rānei tērā e whakawāteatia ai e ia tāna kupenga,