1 He aha koe ka tū mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowā?
2 E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tūkino ana i te tangata iti –
3 E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tangata kino ki te hiahia o tōna ngākau,
4 Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tōna mata,
5 Whanokē tonu ōna ara i ngā wā katoa;
6 E mea ana i roto i tōna ngākau, “E kore ahau e whakakorikoria.
7 Kī tonu tōna māngai i te kanga, i te hīanga, i te tūkino;
8 E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i ngā pā koraha;
9 E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tōna kuhunga;
10 Kūpapa ana ia, piko ana,
11 E mea ana i roto i tōna ngākau, “Ka wareware te Atua,
12 Whakatika, e Ihowā, e te Atua, tākiritia tōu ringa;
13 He aha te tangata kino ka whakahāwea ai ki te Atua.
14 Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe
15 Whatia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino;
16 Ko Ihowā te Kīngi ake ake
17 E Ihowā, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti;
18 ki te whakawā mō te pani, mō te tangata e tūkinotia ana,