1 Whakarongo ki tāku īnoi, e Ihowā,
2 Kaua e hunā tōu mata ki ahau
3 Ka memeha hoki ōku rā ānō he paoa;
4 Kua pākia tōku ngākau, kua memenge, ānō he tarutaru;
5 Piri tonu ōku iwi ki tōku kiri
6 He rite ahau ki te matuku i te koraha,
7 Mataara tonu ahau;
8 E tāwai ana ōku hoariri ki ahau i te rā roa;
9 Kainga ana e ahau te pungarehu ānō he taro;
10 I tōu riri hoki, i tōu weriweri;
11 He rite ōku rā ki te ātārangi e whakawairua kau ana;
12 Ko koe ia, e Ihowā, ka mau tonu ake ake,
13 Tērā koe e whakatika, e aroha ki a Hiona;
14 E manakohia ana hoki e āu pononga ōna kōhatu,
15 Pēnei ka wehingia te ingoa o Ihowā e ngā tauiwi,
16 Nā Ihowā hoki i hanga a Hiona,
17 Kua tahuri ia ki te īnoi a te rawakore;
18 Ka tuhituhia tēnei mō tō muri whakatupuranga;
19 mōna i titiro iho i te tiketike o tōna wāhi tapu;
20 ki te whakarongo ki te auē a te herehere,
21 kia whakapuakina ai te ingoa o Ihowā i Hiona,
22 i te huihuinga o ngā iwi,
23 Whakangoikoretia iho e ia tōku kaha i te ara;
24 I mea ahau,
25 Nōnamata te whenua i whakatūria ai e koe,
26 Ko ērā e hemo atu, ko koe ia e mau tonu;
27 Ko koe ia, ko koe tonu,
28 Ka whai nohoanga ngā tama a āu pononga,