1 Kātahi a Ihowā ka whakahoki kupu ki a Hopa i roto i te tūkauati, ā, ka mea:
2 “Ko wai tēnei e whakapōuri nei i ngā whakaaro
3 Tēnā rā, whītikiria tōu hope, whakatāne;
4 “I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te tūranga o te whenua?
5 Nā wai i whakarite ōna rūri? Ki te mea e mōhio ana koe;
6 I whakaūkia ōna tūranga ki runga ki te aha?
7 i te mea i waiata ngātahi ngā whetū o te ata,
8 “Nā wai hoki i tūtaki te moana ki te tatau, i a ia e puta mai ana,
9 I ahau rā i mea ai i te kapua hei kākahu mōna,
10 Ā, whakapuakina ana e ahau tāku tikanga mōna,
11 me tāku kī atu anō, ‘Ka taea mai e koe a konei, kāti;
12 “Ko koe koia, i ōu rā nei, te kaiwhakahau i te ata;
13 kia rurukutia e ia ngā pito o te whenua,
14 Kua whiti kē, kua pērā anō me te paru i te hīri;
15 Ā, e kaiponuhia ana tō rātou mārama ki te hunga kino,
16 “Kua tae atu rānei koe ki ngā mātāpuna o te moana?
17 Kua whakapuaretia rānei ki a koe ngā kūwaha o te mate?
18 Kua oti rānei te whakaaro e koe te whānuitanga o te whenua?
19 “Kei hea te ara ki te nohoanga o te mārama?
20 Kia kawea atu ai e koe ki tōna rohe,
21 I mōhio pea koe nō te mea i whānau koe i taua wā,
22 “Kua tomo rānei koe ki ngā takotoranga o te hukarere,
23 i āku i rongoā ai mō te wā o te hē,
24 Tēnā koa, te ara i marara atu ai te mārama,
25 “Nā wai i wehe he awa mō te waipuke,
26 kia ua ai ki te whenua, ki te wāhi kāhore nei he tangata;
27 hei whakamākona i te tūhea, i te ururua;
28 “He matua tāne anō rānei tō te ua?
29 I puta mai i roto i tō wai kōpū te huka tio?
30 Me te mea he kōhatu e huna ana i te wai;
31 “E taea rānei e koe te here te huihui o Matariki,
32 E taea rānei e koe te ārahi mai te Mataroto i tōna wā,
33 E mōhio ana rānei koe ki ngā tikanga o te rangi?
34 “E ara rānei i a koe tōu reo ki ngā kapua,
35 E taea rānei e koe ngā uira te unga atu, e haere ai rātou,
36 Nā wai i whakanoho ngā whakaaro nunui ki ngā wāhi o roto?
37 Ko wai te mea whakaaro nui hei tatau i ngā kapua?
38 Ina ka papatupu te puehu anō he mea whakarewa,
39 “Māu rānei e hopu he kai mā te raiona?
40 ina tāpapa iho rātou i ō rātou nohoanga,
41 Nā wai i rite ai tāna kai mā te raweni,