1 E tōku Atua, e tōku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau?
2 E tōku Atua, e karanga nei ahau i te awatea,
3 Otiia he tapu koe,
4 I whakawhirinaki ō mātou mātua ki a koe,
5 I karanga rātou ki a koe, ā, kua ora;
6 Ko ahau ia he toke, ehara i te tangata;
7 Kataina iho ahau e te hunga katoa e kite ana i ahau,
8 “Tukua atu koe ki a Ihowā, māna ia e whakaora;
9 Nāu ia ahau i whakawhānau mai i roto i te kōpū,
10 He mea whakarere atu ahau ki runga ki a koe nō te kōpū mai;
11 Kei mamao atu i ahau,
12 He tini ngā pūru e karapoti nei i ahau;
13 E hāmama ana ō rātou māngai ki ahau,
14 Kua ringihia ahau, ānō he wai,
15 Kua maroke tōku kaha, ānō he maramara rīhi,
16 Kua karapotia nei hoki ahau e te kīrehe,
17 E taea e ahau te tatau ōku iwi katoa;
18 E wehewehea ana ōku kākahu mō rātou,
19 Kaua rā ia koe e matara atu, e Ihowā;
20 Whakaorangia tōku wairua i te hoari,
21 Whakaorangia ahau i te māngai o te raiona.
22 Ka kōrerotia e ahau tōu ingoa ki ōku tēina,
23 E te hunga e wehi ana ki a Ihowā, whakamoemiti ki a ia;
24 Kīhai hoki ia i whakahāwea,
25 Ko koe tāku e whakamoemiti ai i waenganui o te whakaminenga nui,
26 Ka kai te hunga māhaki, ā, ka mākona;
27 E mahara ngā pito katoa o te whenua,
28 Nō Ihowā hoki te rangatiratanga,
29 Ka kai, ā, ka koropiko ngā tāngata tetere katoa o te whenua;
30 Tērā e mahi tētahi uri ki a ia;
31 E haere mai rātou, e kauwhau i tōna tika