1 Hōmai e te Atua, āu whakaritenga ki te kīngi,
2 Māna e whakawā tōu iwi i runga i te tika,
3 Ka kawea mai e ngā maunga te rongo mau ki te iwi,
4 Ka whakawā ia mō ngā ware o te iwi;
5 I te rā e mau ana, i te marama hoki,
6 E heke iho ia ānō he ua ki runga ki te kotinga tarutaru,
7 Ka tupu te tangata tika i ōna rā;
8 Ka kīngi ia i tēnei moana, ā tae noa ki tētahi moana,
9 Ka piko ki tōna aroaro te hunga o te koraha;
10 Ka maua mai he hākari e ngā kīngi o Tarahihi, o ngā motu;
11 Āe, ka koropiko ngā kīngi katoa ki a ia;
12 Ka ora hoki i a ia te rawakore ua tangi atu,
13 E tohu ia i te tangata iti, i te rawakore;
14 Ka hokona e ia tō rātou wairua i roto i te tūkino, i te tutū,
15 Ā, e ora rātou!
16 He kutanga wīti tērā i runga i te whenua,
17 Ka mau tonu tōna ingoa ake ake;
18 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua, te Atua o Īharaira;
19 Kia whakapaingia anō tōna ingoa korōria mō ake tonu atu;
20 Ko te mutunga tēnei o ngā īnoi a Rāwiri, a te tama a Hehe.