1 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, he pai hoki ia;
2 Kia mea a Īharaira,
3 Kia mea te whare o Ārona,
4 Kia mea te hunga e wehi ana i a Ihowā,
5 I karanga ahau ki a Ihowā i roto i te pōuri;
6 Kei ahau a Ihowā; e kore ahau e wehi.
7 Kei ahau a Ihowā kei roto i ōku kaiāwhina;
8 Ko te whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,
9 Ko te whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā,
10 I karapotia ahau e ngā iwi katoa;
11 I karapotia ahau e rātou, āe, i karapotia ahau e rātou;
12 Me te mea he pī rātou e mui ana ki ahau;
13 Kaha pū tāu turaki i ahau, kia hinga ai ahau,
14 Ko Ihowā tōku kaha, tāku hīmene;
15 He reo hari, he reo whakaoranga,
16 Kua whakanuia te matau o Ihowā;
17 E kore ahau e mate, engari tērā ahau e ora,
18 I pākia rawatia ahau e Ihowā,
19 Whakatuwheratia ki ahau ngā kūwaha o te tika,
20 Ko te kūwaha tēnei o Ihowā;
21 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe,
22 Ko te kōhatu i kapea e ngā kaihanga,
23 Nā Ihowā tēnei;
24 Ko te rā tēnei i hangā e Ihowā
25 Whakaorangia rā āianei, e Ihowā!
26 Kia whakapaingia te tangata e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā.
27 Ko Ihowā te Atua,
28 Ko koe tōku Atua, māku koe e whakamoemiti;
29 Whakawhetai ki a Ihowā; he pai hoki ia,