1 E Ihowā, e te Atua o tōku whakaoranga,
2 kia tae atu tāku īnoi ki tōu aroaro;
3 Kua kī hoki tōku wairua i te pōuri,
4 Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua;
5 I makā ki waenga i ngā tūpāpaku,
6 Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro,
7 E pēhia ana ahau e tōu riri,
8 Kua whakamataratia atu e koe ōku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau;
9 kua hē tōku kanohi i te tangihanga.
10 Tērā rānei koe e mahi merekara ki ngā tūpāpaku?
11 Ka kauwhautia rānei tōu aroha i roto i te urupā?
12 E mātauria koia āu mea whakamīharo i roto i te pōuri,
13 Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowā;
14 He aha, e Ihowā, i pangā ai tōku wairua e koe?
15 Nō tōku tamarikitanga ake anō i pākia ai ahau,
16 I tika tōu riri nui mā runga i ahau;
17 Ānō he wai rātou ki te karapoti i ahau i te rā roa nei;
18 Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai,