1 Ka hari te hunga he tapatahi nei i te ara,
2 Ka hari te hunga e mau ana ki āna whakaaturanga;
3 āe, e kore rātou e mahi i te kino;
4 Kua oti mātou te whakahau ki āu akoranga,
5 Auē, me i whakatikaia tōku ara
6 Ko reira ahau ka kore ai e whakamā;
7 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te ngākau tika,
8 Ka puritia e ahau āu tikanga;
9 He aha te mea e mā ai i te taitamariki tōna ara?
10 Kua whakapaua e ahau tōku ngākau ki te rapu i a koe;
11 Kua whakatakotoria e ahau tāu kupu ki roto ki tōku ngākau,
12 E Ihowā, ka whakapaingia koe;
13 Kua whakapuakina e ōku ngutu
14 Ko tōku koa i te ara o āu whakaaturanga,
15 Ka whakaaroaro ahau ki āu ako,
16 He oranga ngākau ki ahau āu tikanga;
17 Kia atawhai ki tāu pononga,
18 Whakatirohia ōku kanohi kia kite ai ahau
19 He manene ahau i runga i te whenua;
20 Ka ngawhā tōku wairua i te matenui atu
21 Kua rīria e koe te hunga whakakake kua oti nei te kanga,
22 parea atu i ahau te tāwai me te whakahāwea,
23 I noho anō hoki ngā rangatira ki te kōrero kino mōku;
24 Ko āu whakaaturanga anō tōku oranga ngākau,
25 Piri tonu tōku wairua ki te puehu;
26 I whakaaturia e ahau ōku ara, ā, whakahoki kupu ana koe ki ahau;
27 Meinga ahau kia mātau ki te ara o āu ako,
28 E māturuturu iho ana tōku wairua i te pōuri;
29 Whakamataratia atu i ahau te ara o te teka;
30 Kua whiriwhiria e ahau te ara o te pono;
31 Piri tonu ahau ki āu whakaaturanga, e Ihowā;
32 Ka oma ahau i te ara o āu whakahau,
33 E Ihowā, whakaakona ahau ki te ara o āu tikanga;
34 Hōmai he mātauranga ki ahau, ā, ka mau i ahau tāu ture;
35 Meinga ahau kia haere i te ara o āu whakahau;
36 Whakaangahia tōku ngākau ki āu whakaaturanga;
37 Whakatahuritia kētia ōku kanohi kei kite i te horihori;
38 Whakapūmautia tāu kupu ki tāu pononga,
39 Parea atu tōku tāwainga, e wehi nei ahau,
40 Nanā, kua matenui ahau ki āu ako;
41 Kia puta anō āu mahi tohu ki ahau, e Ihowā,
42 Pēnei ka whai kupu māku ki tōku kaitāwai;
43 Kaua e tangohia rawatia i tōku māngai te kupu o te pono,
44 Pēnei ka puritia e ahau tāu ture
45 Ā, ka hāereere noa ahau,
46 Ka kōrerotia anō e ahau āu whakaaturanga ki te aroaro o ngā kīngi,
47 Ā, ka waiho e ahau hei oranga ngākau mōku
48 Ka toro atu hoki ōku ringa ki āu whakahau e aroha nei ahau,
49 Maharatia te kupu ki tāu pononga,
50 Ko tōku oranga ngākau tēnei i ahau e tangi nei;
51 Nui rawa te whakahī ki ahau o te hunga whakakake,
52 I mahara ahau ki āu whakaritenga, e Ihowā, o tua iho;
53 Mau pū ahau i te pāwera,
54 Ko āu tikanga āku e hīmene ai
55 I mahara ahau ki tōu ingoa i te pō, e Ihowā,
56 I ahau tēnei,
57 Ko Ihowā tōku wāhi;
58 I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te īnoi ki a koe kia pai mai;
59 I whakaaro ahau ki ōku ara,
60 i hohoro ahau,
61 Karapotia pūtia ana ahau e ngā here a te hunga kino,
62 I waenganui pō ka ara ahau ki te whakawhetai ki a koe
63 He hoa ahau nō te hunga katoa e wehi ana i a koe,
64 Kī tonu, e Ihowā, te whenua i tāu mahi tohu;
65 Pai rawa tāu hanga ki tāu pononga,
66 Whakaakona ahau ki te ngārahu pai, ki te mātauranga;
67 I ahau kīanō i whakawhiua, i hē ahau;
68 He pai koe, he pai hoki āu mahi;
69 Kua titoa e te hunga whakakake he teka mōku;
70 He ngako rawa tō rātou ngākau, koia anō kei te taupā;
71 Mārie anō ahau kia pēhia e te pōuri;
72 Ko te ture a tōu māngai pai kē atu ki ahau
73 Nā ōu ringa ahau i hanga, i whakawhaiahua;
74 Ka hari te hunga e wehi ana i a koe ina kite i ahau;
75 E mātau ana ahau, e Ihowā, he tika āu whakaritenga,
76 Tēnā rā, waiho tāu mahi tohu hei whakamārie mōku,
77 Kia puta ki ahau āu mahi aroha, kia ora ai ahau;
78 Kia whakamā te hunga whakakake,
79 Ko te hunga e wehi ana ki a koe me anga ki ahau,
80 Kia tapatahi tōku ngākau ki āu tikanga;
81 E matenui ana tōku wairua ki tāu whakaoranga;
82 Matawaia ana ōku kanohi he meatanga ki tāu kupu;
83 Kua rite nei hoki ahau ki te kōkī i roto i te paoa;
84 E hia ngā rā o tāu pononga?
85 Kua keri poka te hunga whakakake mōku;
86 Pono tonu āu whakahau katoa;
87 Wāhi iti kua mōtī ahau i a rātou i runga i te whenua;
88 Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu whakahauora i ahau;
89 Pūmau tonu tāu kupu, e Ihowā,
90 Kei ngā whakatupuranga katoa tōu pono;
91 E tū nei anō ināianei, pērā tonu me tāu i whakarite ai,
92 Me kaua tāu ture hei oranga mō tōku ngākau,
93 E kore rawa ahau e wareware ki āu ako,
94 Nāu ahau; māu ahau e whakaora,
95 Kua tatari te hunga kino ki ahau kia whakamatea,
96 Kua kitea e ahau te mutunga o ngā mea tino tika katoa,
97 Anō tōku aroha ki tāu ture!
98 Nāu i hira ake ai ōku whakaaro i o ōku hoariri,
99 Nui atu ōku mahara i o ōku kaiwhakaako katoa,
100 Tērā atu tōku mōhio i tō ngā kaumātua,
101 Kua kaiponuhia mai e ahau ōku waewae i ngā ara kino katoa,
102 Kīhai ahau i tītaha i āu whakaritenga;
103 Anō te reka o āu kupu ki tōku ngao,
104 Nā āu ako ahau i whai mōhio ai;
105 He rama tāu kupu ki ōku waewae,
106 Kua oati ahau, ā, ka whakamanā anō e ahau,
107 He nui te mamae o tōku ngākau;
108 Manakohia, e Ihowā, ngā ohaohatanga a tōku māngai,
109 Kei tōku ringa tonu tōku wairua,
110 Kua whakatakotoria e te hunga kino he māhanga mōku,
111 Ka waiho e ahau āu whakaaturanga hei kāinga tupu mōku ake ake;
112 Kua whakaanga e ahau tōku ngākau ki te mahi tonu i āu tikanga;
113 E kino ana ahau ki te hunga whakaaro ruarua,
114 Ko tōku piringa koe, ko tōku whakangungu rākau;
115 Mawehe atu i ahau, e te hunga kino,
116 Kia rite ki tāu kupu tāu tautoko ake i ahau, kia ora ai ahau,
117 Tautokona ake ahau, kia ora ai ahau,
118 Kua whakahāweatia e koe te hunga katoa e kotiti kē ana i āu tikanga;
119 Ka whakakāhoretia e koe te hunga kino katoa o te whenua, ānō he para mata;
120 Wiri ana ōku kikokiko i te wehi ki a koe,
121 He whakawā tika, he tika tāku mahi;
122 Ko koe hei tuarā mō tāu pononga mō te pai;
123 Matawaia ana ōku kanohi i te meatanga ki tāu whakaora,
124 Kia rite ki tōu aroha tāu mahi ki tāu pononga;
125 He pononga ahau nāu; hōmai he mahara ki ahau,
126 Kua rite te wā hei mahinga mā Ihowā;
127 Nā reira i arohaina rawatia ai e ahau āu whakahau
128 Nā reira tika tonu ki ahau āu ako katoa mō ngā mea katoa;
129 He mea whakamīharo āu whakaaturanga;
130 Ko te whakapuakanga o āu kupu he hōmai mārama;
131 I hāmama tōku māngai, i kihakiha;
132 Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;
133 Whakatikaia ōku hīkoinga ki runga i tāu kupu;
134 Whakaorangia ahau i te tūkino a te tangata;
135 Kia mārama mai tōu mata ki tāu pononga;
136 Heke noa ngā awa wai o ōku kanohi;
137 He tika koe, e Ihowā,
138 He tika, he pono rawa āu whakaaturanga
139 Ka ngaro ahau i tōku ngākau whakapuke,
140 Hore rawa he para o tāu kupu;
141 He iti ahau, e whakahāweatia ana;
142 He tika pūmau tonu tōu tika;
143 Kua pā mai ki ahau te pōuri me te mamae;
144 Pūmau tonu te tika o āu whakaaturanga;
145 I whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te karanga;
146 I karanga ahau ki a koe; whakaorangia ahau,
147 Kīanō te ata i pūao noa, kua karanga ahau;
148 I hohoro ōku kanohi i ngā mataaratanga
149 Whakarongo ki tōku reo, kia rite ki tōu aroha;
150 E whakatata mai ana te hunga e whai ana i te whanokē;
151 E tata ana mai koe, e Ihowā;
152 Nōnamata ahau i mātau ai ki āu whakaaturanga,
153 Whakaaro mai ki tōku mate, ā, whakaorangia ahau;
154 Tohea tāku tohe, whakaorangia hoki ahau;
155 Kei tawhiti atu i te hunga kino te whakaoranga;
156 E Ihowā, he nui āu mahi tohu;
157 He tokomaha ōku kaitūkino, ōku hoariri,
158 I kite ahau i ngā kaimahi i te kino, ā pōuri iho,
159 Tirohia mai tōku aroha ki āu ako;
160 Ko te huinga katoatanga o tāu kupu he pono;
161 Hore he rawa i tūkinotia ai ahau e ngā rangatira,
162 E hari ana ahau ki tāu kupu,
163 E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki te kōrero teka;
164 Takiwhitu āku whakamoemiti ki a koe
165 He rangimārie nui tō te hunga e aroha ana ki tāu ture;
166 Ā, kua tūmanako ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā,
167 Kua puritia e tōku wairua āu whakaaturanga,
168 Kua puritia e ahau āu ako me āu whakaaturanga;
169 Tukua atu tāku tangi kia tata atu ki tōu aroaro, e Ihowā;
170 Kia tae atu tāku īnoi ki tōu aroaro;
171 Kia whakapuaki ōku ngutu i te whakamoemiti;
172 Mā tōku arero e kōrero tāu kupu;
173 Kia rite tōu ringa ki te āwhina i ahau;
174 Kua matenui ahau ki tāu whakaora, e Ihowā;
175 Kia ora tōku wairua, ā, ka whakamoemiti ia ki a koe;
176 Kua kotiti kē ahau me he hipi ngaro;