1 E Ihowā, kua tangi nei ahau ki a koe; hohoro mai ki ahau;
2 Kia whakatikaia tāku īnoi ki tōu aroaro, hei whakakakara;
3 Hōmai he kaitiaki mō tōku māngai, e Ihowā;
4 Kaua e whakaangahia tōku ngākau ki te mea kino,
5 Mā te tangata tika ahau e patu;
6 E turakina ana ō rātou kaiwhakawā ki te taha o te kōhatu,
7 “Pera i tētahi e haehae ana, e wāwāhi ana i te whenua,
8 Otiia, e tau ana ōku kanohi, e Ihowā, e te Ariki, ki a koe;
9 Tiakina ahau kei mau i ngā māhanga i whakatakotoria e rātou mōku,
10 Kia taka te hunga kino ki roto ki ā rātou kupenga anō;