1 Auē me i haehae koe i ngā rangi, me i heke iho,
2 Kia rite ki te ngiha o te ahi tahu rārā,
3 I tāu meatanga i ngā mea wehi kīhai nei i whakaaroa e mātou,
4 Kāhore hoki kia rangona noatia i mua,
5 Ko tāu, he whakatau ki te tangata e koa ana, e mahi ana i te tika,
6 Ko mātou katoa hoki kua rite ki te tangata poke,
7 Kāhore hoki he tangata e karanga ana ki tōu ingoa,
8 Nā ināianei, e Ihowā, ko koe tō mātou pāpā;
9 Kaua, e Ihowā, e whakanuia rawatia te riri,
10 He koraha kau ōu pā tapu,
11 Ko tō mātou whare tapu, ko tō mātou whare ātaahua,
12 Ka whakamanawanui rānei koe, e Ihowā, ki ēnei mea?