1 E te Atua, tahuri mai tōu taringa ki tāku īnoi;
2 Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;
3 i te reo hoki o te hoariri,
4 Mamae pū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;
5 Kua pā ki ahau te wehi me te wiri;
6 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, “Auē, te whai pākau ahau me he kūkupa;
7 Kātahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti;
8 Ka hohoro tōku rere atu
9 Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehea ō rātou arero;
10 Hāereere ana rātou i te ao, i te pō,
11 He hara kei waenganui ōna;
12 Ehara hoki i te hoariri nāna ahau i tāwai;
13 Nāu ia, nā te tangata i rite ki ahau,
14 Āhuareka tonu tā tāua kōrerorero;
15 Kia mau ohorere rātou i te mate,
16 Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua;
17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutūmārōtanga,
18 Whakaorangia ana e ia tōku wairua
19 Ka whakarongo te Atua, nō tua iho nei tōna nohoanga,
20 Kua totoro ōna ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a ia;
21 Māeneene atu tōna māngai i te pata,
22 Makā ki runga ki a Ihowā tāu pīkaunga,
23 Māu ia rātou e mea, e te Atua,