1 Tohungia ahau, e te Atua, tohungia ahau,
2 Ka karanga ahau ki te Atua, ki te Runga Rawa,
3 Ka ungā mai e ia he kaiwhakaora mōku i te rangi,
4 Kei waenganui tōku wairua i ngā raiona;
5 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga ake i ngā rangi;
6 Kua whakatakotoria e rātou he kupenga mō ōku takahanga,
7 Pūmau tonu tōku ngākau, e te Atua,
8 E ara, e tōku korōria!
9 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe, e te Ariki, i waenganui i ngā iwi;
10 He nui hoki tāu mahi tohu, ā tutuki noa ki ngā rangi,
11 Kia whakanuia koe, e te Atua, ki runga i ngā rangi;