1 Ko ahau te tangata kua kite i te pōuri,
2 I ārahina e ia, i meinga kia haere i te pōuri,
3 He pono kua tahuri mai ia ki ahau,
4 Kua meinga nei e ia ōku kikokiko me tōku kiri kia rite ki ō te koroheke,
5 Kua hangā e ia he patu mōku;
6 Kua meinga ahau e ia kia noho ki ngā wāhi pōuri,
7 Kua oti ahau te taiepa mai e ia, tē puta atu ahau;
8 Āe rā, i ahau e karanga ana, e hāmama ana kia āwhinatia,
9 Kua oti anō ōku ara te taiepa mai e ia ki te kōhatu tārai,
10 Ko tōna rite ki ahau kei te pea e whanga ana,
11 Whakangaua kētia ana e ia ōku ara, haehaea pūtia iho ahau;
12 Kua whakapikoa e ia tāna kōpere,
13 Kua meinga e ia ngā pere o tāna papa pere
14 Kua waiho ahau hei katanga mā tōku iwi katoa;
15 Kua whakakīia ahau e ia ki ngā mea kawa,
16 Kua whatiwhatiia anō hoki e ia ōku niho ki te kirikiri,
17 Kua nekehia atu e koe tōku wairua kei tata ki te rangimārie;
18 Kī tonu ake ahau, “Kua pirau tōku kaha,
19 Mahara ki tōku ngākau mamae, ki tōku pōuri,
20 Māharahara tonu tōku wairua ki a rātou,
21 E whakahokia ake ana tēnei e ahau ki tōku ngākau,
22 He mahi tohu nā Ihowā tē poto ai tātou,
23 E hou tonu ana rātou i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata;
24 “Ko Ihowā te wāhi mōku,” e ai tā tōku wairua;
25 He pai a Ihowā ki te hunga e tūmanako ana ki a ia,
26 He pai anō kia tūmanako te tangata,
27 He pai anō mō te tangata kia amohia e ia
28 Me noho ia, tōna kotahi, me whakarongo puku hoki,
29 Me tuku e ia tōna māngai ki te puehu;
30 Me hoatu e ia tōna pāpāringa ki te tangata e papaki ana i a ia;
31 E kore hoki e mau tonu
32 Ahakoa whakapōuri ia, ka aroha anō ia,
33 Kāhore hoki ōna ngākau whiu,
34 Ko te kuru i ngā herehere katoa o te whenua
35 ko te whakapeau kē i te tika o te tangata ina whakawākia
36 ko te whakariro kē i tā te tangata ina totohe,
37 Ko wai tēnei hei kī mai, ā, ka oti,
38 He teka ianei e puta mai ana te kino me te pai
39 He aha te tangata ora i amuamu ai,
40 E rapu tātou, e kimi i ō tātou ara,
41 Kia ara atu ō tātou ngākau me ō tātou ringa
42 I hē mātou, i whakakeke;
43 Kua hīpokina nei e koe ki te riri, tūkinotia ana mātou e koe;
44 Hīpokina ana e koe he kapua ki a koe,
45 Kua meinga mātou e koe hei paru tāhinga,
46 Kua hāmama mai ngā māngai
47 Ko te wehi, ko te rua, kua tae mai kei a mātou,
48 Kei te tārere nei ngā awa wai i tōku kanohi,
49 Māturuturu ana te wai i tōku kanohi,
50 kia titiro mai rā anō a Ihowā,
51 E meatia iho ana tōku ngākau e tōku kanohi,
52 Kua whāia kinotia ahau ānō he manu e rātou,
53 Ngaro iho i a rātou tōku ara i roto i te poka,
54 I rere ngā wai i runga i tōku māhunga;
55 I karanga ahau ki tōu ingoa, e Ihowā,
56 I rongo koe ki tōku reo; “Kaua e hunā tōu taringa
57 I whakatata mai koe i te rā i karanga ai ahau ki a koe;
58 Kua tohea e koe, e te Ariki, ngā tohe a tōku wairua;
59 Kua kite koe, e Ihowā, i te hē i mahia ki ahau.
60 Kua kite koe i tō rātou mauāhara katoa,
61 Kua rongo koe ki tā rātou tāwai, e Ihowā,
62 ki ngā ngutu o te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau,
63 Tirohia mai tō rātou nohoanga iho, tō rātou whakatikanga ake;
64 Hoatu he utu ki a rātou, e Ihowā,
65 Hoatu ki a rātou he ngākau pakeke,
66 Whāia rātou i runga i te riri, whakangaromia atu rātou