1 Ka whakawhetai tonu mātou ki a koe, e te Atua,
2 “Ka kitea e ahau te wā e rite ana,
3 Kūteretere noa iho te whenua me ōna tāngata katoa;
4 I mea ahau ki te hunga whakakake, ‘Kāti rā te whakakake,’
5 kaua tō koutou haona e whakaarahia ki runga,
6 Nō te mea kāhore he aranga i te rāwhiti,
7 Ko te Atua ia te kaiwhakawā;
8 Kei te ringa hoki o Ihowā he kapu,
9 Ko ahau ia, ka kauwhau tonu;
10 Ā, ka kotia e ahau ngā haona katoa o te hunga kino;