1Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri. Ka hari te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te rawakore; e whakaorangia ia e Ihowā i te rā o te hē.
2Mā Ihowā ia e tiaki, e whakaora; ka whakaharitia ia i runga i te whenua. E kore anō e tukua e koe ki ngā hiahia o ōna hoariri.
3Mā Ihowā ia e whakakaha, i a ia e whakaruhi ana i runga i te moenga: māu anō e whakapai katoa tōna moenga i a ia e mate ana.
4I mea ahau, “E Ihowā, tohungia ahau; rongoātia tōku wairua; kua hara hoki ahau ki a koe.”
5He kino te kōrero a ōku hoariri mōku, e mea ana, “Āhea rānei ia mate ai, pirau ai tōna ingoa?”
6Ā, ki te haere mai ia kia kite i ahau, ka kōrero horihori ia; e āmi ana tōna ngākau i te kino māna; i tōna putanga ki waho, kōrerotia ana e ia.
7E kōmuhumuhu ana mōku te hunga katoa e kino ana ki ahau; e whakatakoto ana i te kino mōku.
8E ai tā rātou, “E piri ana te mate kino ki a ia; ā, ka takoto nei ia, heoi anō tōna aranga ake.”
9Āe, ko tōku hoa ake anō, i whakawhirinaki ai ahau, i kai nei i tāku taro, kua hiki ake tōna rekereke ki ahau.
10Ko koe ia, e Ihowā, kia aroha ki ahau; ā, whakaarahia ahau, kia utua ai rātou e ahau.
11Nā konei ahau i mātau ai e pai ana koe ki ahau, nō te mea kāhore tōku hoariri e whakamanamana ki ahau.
12Ko ahau ia, ko koe e whakamau ake ana i ahau i runga i tōku ngākau tapatahi; e whakatū ake ana hoki i ahau ki tōu aroaro ake tonu atu.
13Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira inamata riro anō, ake tonu atu anō hoki. Āmine, āe Āmine.