1 Ka hari te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te rawakore;
2 Mā Ihowā ia e tiaki, e whakaora;
3 Mā Ihowā ia e whakakaha, i a ia e whakaruhi ana i runga i te moenga:
4 I mea ahau, “E Ihowā, tohungia ahau;
5 He kino te kōrero a ōku hoariri mōku, e mea ana,
6 Ā, ki te haere mai ia kia kite i ahau, ka kōrero horihori ia;
7 E kōmuhumuhu ana mōku te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau;
8 E ai tā rātou, “E piri ana te mate kino ki a ia;
9 Āe, ko tōku hoa ake anō, i whakawhirinaki ai ahau,
10 Ko koe ia, e Ihowā, kia aroha ki ahau;
11 Nā konei ahau i mātau ai e pai ana koe ki ahau,
12 Ko ahau ia, ko koe e whakamau ake ana i ahau i runga i tōku ngākau tapatahi;
13 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira