1 Kei roto te ngākau o te kīngi i te ringa o Ihowā ānō he awa rerenga wai;
2 Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ōna kanohi ake;
3 Ko te mahi i te tika, i te whakawā,
4 He kanohi whakakake, he ngākau whakapehapeha,
5 Ko ngā whakaaro o te tangata uaua e ahu anake ana ki te hua o te taonga;
6 E rite ana tā te arero teka āmi i te taonga ki te mamaoa e āia noatia ana;
7 Mā te pāhua a te hunga kino e tahi atu rātou;
8 He ara tino kōpikopiko tō te tangata e waha ana i te hara;
9 He pai kē te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui,
10 Ko tā te wairua o te tangata kino he hiahia ki te kino;
11 Ki te whiua te tangata whakahī, ka whai whakaaro te kūware;
12 Ka āta whakaaroa e te tangata tika te whare o te tangata kino;
13 Ko te tangata e puru ana i ōna taringa ki te karanga a te rawakore,
14 Mā te mea hōmai puku ka mārie ai te riri,
15 He mahi koa nā te tangata tika te whakawā;
16 Ko te tangata e kotiti kē ana i te huarahi o te mahara,
17 Ko te tangata matenui ki ngā āhuareka, ka rawakore;
18 Hei utu te tangata kino mō te tangata tika;
19 He pai kē te noho i te koraha,
20 Kei te nohoanga o te tangata whakaaro nui te taonga mōmōhanga me te hinu;
21 Ko te tangata e whai ana i te tika, i te atawhai,
22 Ka pikitia e te tangata whakaaro nui te pā o ngā mārohirohi,
23 Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tōna māngai,
24 Ko te tangata whakakake, whakapehapeha, ko te tangata whakahī tōna ingoa,
25 Ka mate te tangata māngere i tōna hiahia anō;
26 Tērā te hanga he kaiapo tonu ā pau noa te rā;
27 He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino;
28 Ka mate te kaiwhakaatu teka;
29 Ka whakamārō te tangata kino i tōna mata;
30 I tō Ihowā aroaro kāhore he whakaaro nui,
31 Kua rite noa ake he hōiho mō te rā o te whawhai;