1 Ka aroha ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,
2 Ko Ihowā tōku kāmaka, tōku pā, tōku kaiwhakaora;
3 Ka karanga ahau ki a Ihowā, e tika nei kia whakamoemititia;
4 I karapotia ahau e ngā whakawiringa a te mate,
5 I karapotia ahau e ngā whakawiringa a te rēinga,
6 I karanga ahau ki a Ihowā i tōku pāweratanga;
7 Nā, ka ngāueue te whenua, ka rū,
8 I kake he paowa i ōna pongaponga,
9 I whakapīngoretia e ia ngā rangi, ā, heke iho ana,
10 I eke ia ki runga ki te kerupa, ā, rere ana;
11 I meinga e ia te pōuri hei wāhi ngaro mōna,
12 I rere atu ōna kapua mātotoru
13 I papā anō te whatitiri a Ihowā i ngā rangi,
14 I kōkiritia e ia āna pere, ā, marara ana rātou;
15 Kātahi ka kitea ngā takere o ngā wai,
16 I tono karere mai ia i runga, ka mau ki ahau;
17 Nāna ahau i ora ai i tōku hoariri kaha,
18 I huakina tatatia ahau e rātou i te rā o tōku matenga;
19 I whakaputaina ahau e ia ki te wāhi nui,
20 Rite tonu ki tāku mahi tika tā Ihowā utu ki ahau;
21 Mōku i pupuri i ngā ara o Ihowā,
22 Kei mua tonu hoki i ahau āna whakaritenga katoa,
23 Tapatahi tonu hoki tōku whakaaro ki tōna aroaro,
24 Nā, ka hōmai e Ihowā he utu ki ahau,
25 He tangata atawhai, ka atawhai hoki koe;
26 He tangata mā, ka mā hoki koe;
27 E whakaorangia hoki e koe te iwi ngākau mamae;
28 Māu hoki e whakaū tāku rama;
29 Nāu hoki ahau i rere ai nā waenganui atu i te rōpū;
30 Tēnā ko te Atua, tika tonu tōna ara;
31 Ko wai oti te Atua, ki te kāhore a Ihowā?
32 Ko te Atua, nāna ahau i whītiki ki te kaha,
33 Ko ia hei mea i ōku waewae kia rite ki ō te hāta;
34 Ko ia hei whakaako i ōku ringa ki te whawhai,
35 Kua hōmai anō e koe ki ahau te whakangungu rākau o tāu whakaoranga;
36 I whakanuia e koe ōku takahanga i raro i ahau;
37 Ka arumia e ahau ōku hoariri, mau iho i ahau;
38 Marū ana rātou i ahau, tē kaha te whakatika;
39 Nāu hoki ahau i whītiki ki te kaha mō te whawhai;
40 Kua meinga e koe kia tahuri mai ngā tuarā o ōku hoariri ki ahau,
41 I karanga rātou, heoi kāhore he kaiwhakaora;
42 Nā, ka tukia rātou e ahau ā rite noa rātou ki te puehu e pūhia ana e te hau;
43 Kua whakaorangia ahau e koe i ngā ngangautanga a te iwi;
44 Kia rongo kau te taringa ki ahau, ka kakama tonu mai rātou ki ahau;
45 Ka memeha haere ngā tāngata iwi kē;
46 E ora ana a Ihowā; kia whakapaingia hoki tōku kāmaka,
47 ko te Atua, māna nei e rapu he utu mōku,
48 Māna ahau e mawhiti ai i ōku hoariri,
49 Mō konei ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā, i waenganui i ngā tauiwi;
50 He nui nei tāna whakaora i tāna kīngi;