1 Ko koe tāku e whakawhirinaki ai, e Ihowā;
2 Whakaorangia ahau, i runga i tōu tika, kia mawhiti anō ahau;
3 Kia ai koe hei teko e noho ai ahau,
4 Whakaorangia ahau, e tōku Atua, i te ringa o te tangata kino,
5 Ko koe nei hoki, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, tāku e tūmanako atu nei,
6 Nāu ahau i tautoko ake nō te kōpū mai anō;
7 He mīharotanga ahau nā te tini;
8 Kia kī tōku māngai i te whakamoemiti ki a koe,
9 Kaua ahau e pangā ā te wā o te koroheketanga,
10 E kōrerotia ana hoki ahau e ōku hoariri,
11 E mea ana, “Kua whakarērea ia e te Atua;
12 E te Atua, kei matara atu koe i ahau;
13 Kia whakamā, kia pau ngā hoariri o tōku wairua;
14 Ko ahau ia, ka tūmanako tonu;
15 Mā tōku māngai e whakakite tōu tika,
16 Ka haere ahau i runga i te kaha o te Ariki,
17 E te Atua, he mea whakaako ahau nāu, nō tōku tamarikitanga ake;
18 Nā, kaua ahau e whakarērea, e te Atua,
19 Kei runga rawa anō tōu tika, e te Atua,
20 He nui, he kino ngā pōuritanga ngākau i whakakitea mai e koe ki a mātou;
21 Whakaraneatia e koe tōku nui,
22 Ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a koe i runga i te hātere,
23 Ka tino hari ōku ngutu ua hīmene ahau ki a koe;
24 Ka kōrerotia hoki e tōku arero tōu tika i te roa o te rā;