1 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te pāuna hē;
2 Ka tae te whakapehapeha, ka tae anō te whakamā;
3 Ko tō rātou ngākau tapatahi hei ārahi i te hunga tika;
4 E kore te taonga e whai mana i te rā o te riri;
5 Mā te tika o te ngākau tapatahi ka tika ai tōna ara;
6 Mā te tika o te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai rātou;
7 I te matenga o te tangata kino, kore iho āna mea i tūmanako atu ai;
8 Ka mawhiti te tangata tika i roto i te raru,
9 Hei huna mō tōna hoa te māngai o te tangata whakapono kore;
10 Ka pai te hunga tika, ka hari te pā;
11 Mā te manaaki o te hunga tika ka kake ai te pā;
12 Ko te tangata e whakahāwea ana ki tōna hoa he maharakore;
13 Ko te tangata haere, ka kawekawe kōrero e whāki ana i ngā mea ngaro;
14 Ki te kāhore he mōhio hei ārahi, ka hinga te iwi;
15 Ko te tangata ko tāna nei hei whakakapi mō tā te tangata kē, ka mamae;
16 Ka mau te korōria i te wahine tikanga pai;
17 He atawhai i tōna wairua tā te tangata atawhai;
18 Ko te mahi a te tangata kino e utua ana ki te teka;
19 Ko te tangata ū ki te tika, ka whiwhi ki te ora;
20 Ko tā Ihowā e whakarihariha ai he ngākau whanokē;
21 Ahakoa awhi ngā ringa ki a rāua,
22 Rite tonu ki te whakakai kōura i te ihu o te poaka
23 Ko tā te hunga tika e minamina ai, ko te pai anake;
24 Tērā tētahi kei te rui, ā, tāpiritia mai ana anō;
25 Ko te wairua ohaoha ka mōmona;
26 Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i te wīti, ka kangā tērā e te nuinga;
27 Ko te tangata e āta rapu ana i te pai, e rapu ana i te whakapai;
28 Ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki ōna taonga, ka taka;
29 Ko te tangata e whakararu ana i tōna whare, he hau te taonga e whakarērea iho mōna;
30 Ko ngā hua o te tangata tika he rākau nō te ora;
31 Nanā, he utu anō tō te tangata tika i runga i te whenua;