1 Whakaorangia ahau, e Ihowā, i te tangata kino;
2 e whakaaro kino nei i ō rātou ngākau,
3 Kua whakakoia tō rātou arero, ānō he nākahi;
4 Tiakina ahau, e Ihowā, i ngā ringa o te hunga kino;
5 Kua hunā e te hunga whakakake te māhanga mōku, me ngā aho;
6 I mea ahau ki a Ihowā, “Ko koe tōku Atua.”
7 E Ihowā, e te Ariki, e te kaha o tōku whakaoranga,
8 Aua e whakaaetia, e Ihowā, ngā hiahia o te tangata kino;
9 Tēnā ko te upoko o te hunga e whakapae nei i ahau,
10 Kia taka he waro mura ki runga ki a rātou;
11 E kore te tangata kōrero kino e whakapūmautia ki runga ki te whenua;
12 E mātau ana anō ahau mā Ihowā e tohe te whakawā a te tangata e tūkinotia ana,
13 He pono ka whakawhetai te hunga pai ki tōu ingoa;