1 Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua,
2 Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hōhonu,
3 Kua ruwha ahau i tāku tangi;
4 Tini kē i ngā makawe o tōku mātenga
5 E te Atua, e mātau ana koe ki tōku kūware;
6 E te Ariki, e Ihowā o ngā mano
7 Mōu hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tāwainga;
8 He tangata kē ahau ki ōku hoa ake;
9 Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tōu whare;
10 I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i tōku wairua,
11 I kākahu hoki ahau i te kākahu taratara mōku,
12 Kei te kōrero kino mōku te hunga e noho ana i te kūwaha;
13 Ko ahau ia, ki a koe tāku īnoi, e Ihowā,
14 Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru,
15 Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke,
16 E Ihowā whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;
17 Ā, kaua e hunā tōu mata ki tāu pononga;
18 Whakatata mai ki tōku wairua, hokona;
19 E mātau ana koe ki tōku tāwainga,
20 Marū noa tōku ngākau i te tāwai;
21 I hōmai he au hei kai māku;
22 Kia meinga tā rātou tēpu i tō rātou aroaro hei māhanga;
23 Kia whakapōuritia ō rātou kanohi, kei kite rātou;
24 Ringihia atu tōu riri ki runga ki a rātou,
25 Kia ururuatia tō rātou nohoanga;
26 Mō rātou i tūkino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe;
27 Tāpiritia he kino ki runga ki tō rātou kino;
28 Kia murua atu rātou i te pukapuka o te ora,
29 Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pōuri;
30 Ka whakamoemiti tāku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua,
31 Pai rawa tēnei ki a Ihowā i te pūru,
32 Kua kite te hunga māhaki, kua hari;
33 Nō te mea ka rongo a Ihowā ki ngā rawakore,
34 Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia,
35 Nō te mea tērā e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona,
36 ā, ka nohoia a reira e ngā uri o āna pononga;