1 E tāku tama, ki te tango koe i āku kupu,
2 ā, ka tahuri tōu taringa ki te whakaaro nui,
3 āe rā, ki te mea ka kārangarangatia e koe te mātauranga,
4 ki te rapua hoki ia e koe ānō he hiriwa,
5 ko reira koe mātau ai ki te wehi o Ihowā,
6 Mā Ihowā hoki e hōmai te whakaaro nui;
7 E rongoātia ana e ia te whakaaro nui mā te hunga tika;
8 kia tiakina ai e ia ngā ara o te whakawā,
9 Ko reira koe mōhio ai ki te tika, ki te whakawā, ki te mea anō e rite ana,
10 Ka uru hoki te whakaaro nui ki roto ki tōu ngākau,
11 ka ai te ngārahu pai hei tiaki i a koe,
12 hei kukume mai i a koe i te ara o te kino,
13 i te hunga e whakarere nei i ngā ara o te tika,
14 e koa ana, i a rātou e mahi ana i te kino,
15 he ara kōpikopiko ō rātou,
16 hei whakaora i a koe i te wahine tauhou,
17 Kua whakarērea nei e ia te hoa o tōna tamāhinetanga,
18 E heke atu ana hoki tōna whare ki te mate,
19 Ko te hunga katoa e haere atu ana ki a ia e kore e hoki mai;
20 Ā, ka haere koe i ngā ara o ngā tāngata pai,
21 Ka noho hoki te hunga tika ki te whenua;
22 Ka hātepea atu ia te hunga kino i runga i te whenua,