1 Ko te tangata kei te wāhi ngaro o te Runga Rawa tōna kāinga,
2 Ka kīia e ahau a Ihowā, “Ko ia tōku piringa, tōku pā, tōku Atua,
3 Māna hoki koe e whakaora i te māhanga a te kaihopu manu,
4 Ka hīpokina koe e ia ki ōna hou,
5 E kore koe e wehi i te mea whakamataku i te pō;
6 I te mate urutā e rere ana i te pōuri;
7 He mano te hinga ki tōu taha,
8 Ka titiro kau ōu kanohi,
9 Ko koe hoki, e Ihowā, tōku piringa!
10 kāhore he kino e pā ki a koe,
11 Ka kōrerotia iho hoki koe e ia
12 Mā rātou koe e hiki ake ki ō rātou ringa,
13 Ka haere koe i runga i te raiona, i te neke;
14 “Ka whakaora ahau i a ia, mōna i aroha ki ahau;
15 Ka karanga ia ki ahau, ā, ka whakahoki kupu ahau ki a ia;
16 Ka whakaroaina e ahau ōna rā, ā, nā noa ia;