1 Ka ara nei tōku wairua ki a koe, e Ihowā;
2 e tōku Atua, ko koe tōku whakawhirinakitanga;
3 Āe, aua tētahi o te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e tukua kia whakamā;
4 Whakakitea ki ahau āu ara, e Ihowā;
5 Ārahina ahau i tōu pono, whakaakona hoki ahau;
6 E Ihowā, kia mahara ki āu mahi tohu, ki āu mahi aroha;
7 Kaua e maharatia ngā hara o tōku tamarikitanga, me ōku kino;
8 He pai, he tika a Ihowā,
9 Ka ārahina e ia te hunga māhaki i runga i te whakawā;
10 He mahi tohu, he pono ngā ara katoa o Ihowā
11 Kia mahara ki tōu ingoa, e Ihowā,
12 Ko wai te tangata e wehi ana ki a Ihowā?
13 Ka noho tōna wairua i runga i te pai,
14 Kei te hunga e wehi ana i a ia te mea ngaro a Ihowā;
15 E tau tonu ana ōku kanohi ki a Ihowā;
16 Tahuri mai ki ahau, tohungia hoki ahau;
17 Kua whakanuia ngā whakapāwera o tōku ngākau;
18 Tirohia tōku mate me tōku mamae,
19 Tirohia mai ōku hoariri, he tokomaha hoki rātou;
20 Tiakina tōku wairua, ā, whakaorangia ahau;
21 Tukua mā te ngākau tapatahi, mā te tika ahau e tiaki;
22 Hokona, e te Atua, a Īharaira