1 E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowā;
2 I tahuri mai tōna taringa ki ahau;
3 I karapotia ahau e ngā whakawiringa a te mate;
4 Nā, ko tāku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā:
5 He atawhai a Ihowā, he tika;
6 E tiakina ana e Ihowā te hunga kūware;
7 E hoki, e tōku wairua, ki tōu okiokinga;
8 Nāu hoki tōku wairua i whakaora kei mate,
9 Tērā ahau e hāereere i te aroaro o Ihowā
10 I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i kōrero ai;
11 I mea ahau i tōku ohoreretanga,
12 He aha tāku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowā
13 Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga,
14 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā
15 He mea utu nui ki tā Ihowā titiro
16 E Ihowā, he pono ko ahau tāu pononga;
17 Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, arā te whakawhetai;
18 Ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowā,
19 ki ngā marae o te whare o Ihowā,