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Nā Rāwiri, i tōna āhua i rerekē rā i te aroaro o Apīmereke; nā peia ana ia, ā, haere ana. Ka whakapaingia e ahau a Ihowā i ngā wā katoa; he whakamoemiti tonu tā tōku māngai ki a ia. 
Ka whakamanamana tōku wairua ki a Ihowā; ka rongo te hunga māhaki, ā, ka hari. 
Kia whakanui tahi tātou i a Ihowā, kia whakateitei tahi hoki i tōna ingoa. 
I rapu ahau i a Ihowā, ā, rongo mai ana ia ki ahau, whakaorangia ana ahau e ia i ōku wehi katoa. 
I titiro rātou ki a ia, ā, kua mārama; ā, kāhore rawa he whakamā o ō rātou mata. 
I karanga tēnei tangata iti, ā, whakarongo ana a Ihowā, whakaora ana i a ia i ōna whakapāwera katoa. 
E noho ana te anahera a Ihowā i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, o te hunga e wehi ana i a ia, ā, e whakaora ana i a rātou. 
Whakamātauria, kia kite ai koutou i te pai o Ihowā; ka hari te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia. 
Kia wehi ki a Ihowā, e tōna hunga tapu; e kore hoki e hapa ngā tāngata e wehi ana i a ia. 
E hapa ana ngā kūao raiona, e mate ana i te kai; ko te hunga ia e rapu ana ki a Ihowā, e kore e hapa i tētahi mea pai. 
Haere mai, e ngā tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau; māku koutou e ako kia wehi ki a Ihowā. 
Ko wai te tangata e hiahia ana ki te ora, e whai ana kia maha ngā rā, kia kite i te pai? 
Tiakina tōu arero kei kino, ōu ngutu kei kōrero hīanga. 
Mawehe atu i te kino, mahia te pai; rapua te āta noho, whāia hoki. 
E tau ana ngā kanohi o Ihowā ki te hunga tika; me ōna taringa ki tā rātou karanga. 
E hē ana te mata o Ihowā ki ngā kaimahi i te kino, hei hātepe i a rātou i te whenua kei maharatia. 
I karanga te hunga tika, ā, i whakarongo a Ihowā, whakaorangia ana rātou e ia i ō rātou whakapāwera katoa. 
E tata ana a Ihowā ki te hunga ngākau marū; ka whakaorangia anō e ia te hunga wairua iro. 
He tini ngā mate o te tangata tika; otiia, e whakaorangia ana ia e Ihowā i roto i ērā katoa. 
E tiakina ana e ia ōna wheua katoa; e kore tētahi e whati. 
Ka mate i te kino te tangata hara, ā, ka hē te hunga e kino ana ki te tangata tika. 
E hokona ana e Ihowā te wairua o āna pononga; e kore anō e hē tētahi o te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia. 
