1 Ko ngā whakatakataka a te ngākau nā te tangata;
2 Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata he mā ki ōna ake kanohi;
3 Utaina āu mahi ki runga ki a Ihowā,
4 He mea hanga nā Ihowā ngā mea katoa mō tōna tutukitanga, mō tōna;
5 He mea whakarihariha nā Ihowā te hunga ngākau whakakake katoa;
6 Ko te mahi tohu tangata me te pono hei pure mō te kino;
7 Ki te pai a Ihowā ki ngā ara o te tangata,
8 He pai ake te mea iti i runga i te tika,
9 Ko te ngākau o te tangata hei whakaaro i tōna ara;
10 He kupu atua kei ngā ngutu o te kīngi;
11 Ko te taimaha tika, ko te pāuna tika, nā Ihowā;
12 He mea whakarihariha ki ngā kīngi te mahi i te kino;
13 He mea āhuareka ki ngā kīngi ngā ngutu tika;
14 Ko te riri o te kīngi ānō he karere mō te mate;
15 He ora kei te mārama o te mata o te kīngi;
16 Ko te whiwhi ki te whakaaro nui, ānō te pai!
17 Ko te huanui o te hunga tika he mawehe atu i te kino,
18 Haere ai te whakakake i mua o te whakangaromanga,
19 Ko te ngākau whakaiti i waenga i te hunga rawakore,
20 Ko te tangata e tahuri ana ki te kupu, ka kite i te pai;
21 Ka kīia te whakaaro nui he mātau;
22 Ko te mātauranga te puna o te ora mō te tangata i whiwhi ki tērā;
23 Mā te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui e tohutohu tōna māngai,
24 Ko ngā kupu matareka ānō kei te honikoma,
25 Tērā he ara e tika ana ki te titiro a te tangata;
26 Ko te hiahia o te tangata e mahi ana, e mahi ana mōna;
27 E whakatakoto ana te tangata tikangakore i te kino,
28 Ko tā te tangata whanokē he tītaritari i te raruraru;
29 Whakawai ai te tangata nanakia i tōna hoa,
30 Ko te tangata e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi, e mea ana kia whakaaroa ai e ia ngā mea whanokē;
31 He karauna korōria te māhunga hina,
32 Engari rawa te tangata manawanui i te tangata kaha,
33 E makā ana te rota ki roto ki te kokorutanga o te kākahu;