1 Ka whakapaua tōku ngākau ki te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,
2 Ka koa ahau, ka whakamanamana ki a koe,
3 I te hokinga whakamuri o ōku hoariri,
4 Nāu hoki i whakatika āku kōrero me tōku whakawā;
5 Kua whakatūpehupehu koe ki ngā tauiwi,
6 Ko te hoariri, mutu pū rātou, he ngaromanga oti tonu iho;
7 Ko Ihowā ia noho tonu hei kīngi, ake, ake;
8 Ā, e whakarite ia mō te ao i runga i te tika,
9 Hei pā teko anō a Ihowā mō te tangata e tūkinotia ana,
10 Ā, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe te hunga e mātau ana ki tōu ingoa;
11 Hīmene ki a Ihowā e noho nei i Hiona.
12 Ka whakataki toto ia, ka mahara ia ki a rātou;
13 Tohungia ahau, e Ihowā;
14 kia whakakitea katoatia ai e ahau
15 Kua tapoko ngā tauiwi ki te rua i keria e rātou;
16 Kua mātauria a Ihowā ki te whakawā e whakaritea ana e ia;
17 Ka hoki ngā tāngata kino ki te rēinga,
18 E kore hoki e warewarea tonutia te tangata rawakore;
19 E ara, e Ihowā, kei riro i tā te tangata;
20 E Ihowā, meinga rātou kia wehi;