1 E Ihowā, kaua e whakatūpehupehu mai ki ahau ina riri koe,
2 Titi tonu hoki āu pere ki ahau;
3 Kāhore he wāhi ora o ōku kikokiko,
4 Kua taupokina iho hoki tōku mātenga e ōku kino;
5 E piro ana ōku whiunga,
6 E whakawiria ana ahau, piko rawa;
7 Kei te tahuna hoki tōku hope, kapi tonu;
8 Kua kore ōku kaha, marū rawa ahau;
9 E te Ariki, kei tōu aroaro ōku hiahia katoa;
10 Kihakiha kau tōku ngākau, kua hemo tōku kaha;
11 Matara noa atu i tōku mate te tūranga mai
12 E whakatakoto māhanga ana mōku te hunga e whai ana i ahau kia whakamatea;
13 Ko ahau ia, i rite ki te turi, kīhai i rongo,
14 Nā, rite tonu ahau ki te tangata kāhore nei e rongo,
15 E tūmanako nei hoki ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā;
16 I mea hoki ahau, “Kei koa mai rātou ki ahau;
17 Ko ahau hoki, meāke kopa,
18 Ka whāki hoki ahau i tōku kino,
19 Ko ōku hoariri ia hauhau tonu, kaha tonu;
20 He hoariri anō ki ahau te hunga e utu ana i te pai ki te kino;
21 Kaua ahau e whakarērea, e Ihowā,
22 Hohoro ki te āwhina i ahau, e te Ariki,