1 E te Atua, he aha i pangā ai mātou e koe ake ake?
2 Mahara ki tāu whakaminenga i hokona e koe i mua,
3 Hiki ake ōu waewae ki ngā whakangaromanga e mau tonu nei,
4 Kua hāmama nei ōu hoariri i waenganui i āu whakaminenga;
5 E rite ana rātou ki ngā tāngata
6 Ināianei ia e tukitukia ana e rātou ōna mea whakairo,
7 Kua toua tōu wāhi tapu ki te kāpura,
8 I mea tō rātou ngākau, “Me whakangaro rātou ā poto ake.”
9 Kāhore mātou e kite i ō mātou tohu,
10 E te Atua, kia pēhea ake te roa o te tāwai a te hoariri?
11 He aha i pēpeke ai tōu ringa, tōu matau?
12 Ko te Atua ia tōku Kīngi o tua iho,
13 Nāu, nā tōu kaha i wawae te moana;
14 Mongamonga noa i a koe ngā mātenga o rewiatana;
15 I wāhia e koe te puna me te roma;
16 Nāu te ao, nāu hoki te pō;
17 Nāu i whakatū ngā rohe katoa o te whenua;
18 Kia mahara ki tēnei, kua tāwai te hoariri, e Ihowā;
19 Kaua e tukua te wairua o tāu kūkupa ki te kīrehe;
20 Whakaaroa te kawenata;
21 Kei hoki whakamā mai te tangata e tūkinotia ana;
22 E ara, e te Atua, tohea tāu tohe;
23 Kei wareware ki te reo o ōu hoariri;