1 Mā te kupu ngāwari e kaupare te riri;
2 Ko te arero o te tangata whakaaro nui e whakahua tika ana i te mātauranga;
3 Kei ngā wāhi katoa ngā kanohi o Ihowā,
4 Ko te arero reka he rākau nō te ora;
5 E whakahāwea ana te wairangi ki te papaki a tōna pāpā;
6 He nui te taonga kei te whare o te tangata tika;
7 E ruia ana te mātauranga e ngā ngutu o ngā whakaaro nui;
8 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te whakahere a te hunga kino;
9 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te huarahi o te tangata kino;
10 He kino te papaki ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te ara;
11 Kei te aroaro o Ihowā te rēinga me te whakangaromanga;
12 E kore te tangata whakahī e aroha ki te kaipapaki;
13 Mā te koa o te ngākau ka pai ai te mata;
14 E rapu ana te ngākau mōhio i te mātauranga;
15 He kino ngā rā katoa o te hunga pōuri;
16 He pai kē te iti i kīnakitia ki te wehi ki a Ihowā,
17 He pai ake te tina pūwhā ko te aroha hei kīnaki,
18 He whakaoho tautohe tā te tangata pukuriri;
19 Ko te ara o te tangata māngere, ānō he taiepa tātarāmoa;
20 He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;
21 Ki te tangata maharakore he mea whakahari te wairangi;
22 Ki te kāhore he rūnanga, ka pororaru ngā tikanga;
23 Kei tā tōna māngai i whakahoki ai he koa mō te tangata;
24 Ki te tangata whakaaro nui e ahu whakarunga ana te ara ki te ora,
25 Ka hūtia ake e Ihowā te whare o te tangata whakakake;
26 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā whakaaro nanakia;
27 Ko te tangata apo taonga, raruraru ana i a ia tōna whare;
28 Ko te ngākau o te tangata tika e āta whakaaro ana ki te kupu hei whakahokinga;
29 E matara ana a Ihowā i te hunga kino;
30 Mā te mārama o ngā kanohi ka koa ai te ngākau;
31 Ko te taringa e whakarongo ana ki te whakatūpato e ora ai,
32 Ko te tangata e whakakāhore ana ki te papaki, e whakahāwea ana ki tōna wairua;
33 Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ako o te whakaaro nui;