1 Ka hari te tangata kua oti tāna hē te muru,
2 Ka hari te tangata kāhore nei e whakairia e Ihowā he hara ki a ia,
3 I ahau kīhai i kuihi, ngahengahe kau ōku iwi
4 Nō tōu ringa i taimaha ki ahau i te ao, i te pō;
5 I whākina e ahau tōku hara ki a koe,
6 Mō konei ka īnoi ki a koe
7 Ko koe tōku piringa;
8 Ka tohutohungia koe e ahau, ka whakaakona koe ki te ara e haere ai koe;
9 Kei rite koutou ki te hōiho, ki te muera rānei,
10 He tini ngā mea whakapōuri mō te tangata hara;
11 Kia koa ki a Ihowā, whakamanamana, e te hunga tika;