1 Ki te Atua tōku reo,
2 I rapu ahau ki te Ariki i te rā o tōku pōuri;
3 E mahara ana ahau ki te Atua, ā, e pōuri ana;
4 E puritia ana e koe ōku kanohi kia mataara tonu;
5 Ka hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā rā onamata,
6 E whakamahara ana ahau ki tāku waiata i te pō,
7 “Tērā rānei te Ariki e panga tonu ake ake,
8 Kua kāhore rānei tāna mahi tohu mō ake tonu atu?
9 Kua wareware rānei te Atua ki te atawhai?
10 Nā, ka mea ahau, “Ko tōku ngoikore tēnei:
11 Ka mahara ahau ki ngā mahi a Ihowā;
12 Ka whakaaro hoki ahau ki āu meatanga katoa,
13 E te Atua, kei te wāhi tapu tōu ara.
14 Ko koe te Atua e mahi nei i ngā mea whakamīharo;
15 Hokona ana e tōu ringa tāu iwi,
16 I kite ngā wai i a koe, e te Atua,
17 Ringihia ana he wai e ngā kapua,
18 I roto i te āwhiowhio te haruru o tāu whatitiri;
19 I te moana tōu ara,
20 He mea ārahi e koe tāu iwi ānō he kāhui,