1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, he pai hoki ia;
2 Kia pēnā anō te kōrero a te hunga i hokona e Ihowā,
3 i kohikohia nei i ngā whenua,
4 I hāereere rātou i te koraha i te wāhi mokemoke,
5 I matekai rātou, i matewai;
6 Nā, ka tangi rātou ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri;
7 ā, ārahina ana e ia rā te ara tika;
8 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,
9 E whakamākonatia ana hoki e ia te wairua hiahia;
10 Ko te hunga i noho i te pōuri, i te ātārangi o te mate,
11 mō rātou i tutū ki ngā kupu a te Atua,
12 Koia i pēhia iho ai e ia ō rātou ngākau ki te mahi;
13 Nā, ka tangi rātou ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri;
14 Whakaputaina mai ana rātou e ia i te pōuri,
15 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,
16 Kua tukitukia hoki e ia ngā tatau parāhi;
17 Ko ngā kūware, nā ā rātou mahi tutū,
18 Ka wetiweti tō rātou wairua ki ngā kai katoa,
19 Nā, ka tangi ki a Ihowā i tō rātou pōuri,
20 Tukua mai ana e ia tāna kupu, ā, rongoātia ana rātou;
21 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,
22 Kia tukua anō e rātou te whakahere, arā te whakamoemiti;
23 Ko te hunga e haere ana ki raro, ki te moana, i runga kaipuke,
24 ko rātou e kite i ngā mahi a Ihowā,
25 Puta kau tāna kupu, kua maranga te tūpuhi,
26 Ka kake rātou ki runga ki te rangi, ka heke anō ki raro ki te rire;
27 ka tiu rātou, ka hūrorirori ānō he tangata e haurangi ana;
28 Heoi, ka tangi ki a Ihowā i tō rātou hēmanawa;
29 Meinga ana e ia te tūpuhi kia marino,
30 Nā, ka koa rātou, nō te mea ka mārie,
31 Auē! Me i whakapaingia e te tangata a Ihowā mō tōna atawhai,
32 Kia whakanui hoki rātou i a ia i roto i te whakaminenga o te iwi,
33 Ko ia hei mea i ngā awa hei koraha,
34 i te whenua whai hua, kia tītōhea,
35 Ko ia hei mea i te koraha hei hārotoroto wai,
36 Ā, whakanohoia iho e ia te hunga matekai ki reira,
37 hei rui māra, hei whakatō māra wāina,
38 Ko ia anō hei manaaki i a rātou, nō ka nui rawa;
39 Nā, kua iti haere anō rātou, kua piko
40 e ringihia ana e ia te whakahāwea ki runga ki ngā rangatira;
41 otirā, kei te whakateitei ia i te rawakore ki runga i te mamae,
42 Ka kite ngā tāngata tika, ā, ka hari;
43 Ko te tangata whakaaro nui ka mahara ki ēnei mea,