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Ki te Wahangū te Atua
Nā Rāwiri.
1 Ka karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,
e tōku kōhatu, kaua e wahangū ki ahau.
Ki te wahangū hoki koe ki ahau,
ka rite ahau ki te hunga e heke atu ana ki te poka.
2 Whakarongo ki tōku reo īnoi,
ua karanga ahau ki a koe,
ina totoro ōku ringa
ki tōu ahurewa tapu.
3 Kaua ahau e kūmea tahitia me te hunga hē;
me ngā kaimahi i te kino,
he mārie ā rātou kupu ki ō rātou hoa,
he kino ia kei roto i ō rātou ngākau.
4 Kia rite ki ā rātou mahi tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou,
ki te kino anō o ā rātou hanga;
kia rite ki ngā mahi a ō rātou ringa tāu e hoatu ai ki a rātou,
whakahokia tā rātou utu ki a rātou.
5 Nā, kāhore nei rātou e whakaaro ki ngā mahi a Ihowā,
ki ngā meatanga a ōna ringa,
mō reira ka whakahoroa iho rātou e ia,
e kore anō e whakatūria ake.
6 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā mōna
i whakarongo mai ki tōku reo īnoi.
7 Ko Ihowā tōku kaha, tōku whakangungu rākau;
i whakawhirinaki tōku ngākau ki a ia,
ā, āwhinatia ana ahau; koia i hari ai tōku ngākau,
i whakamoemiti ai hoki tāku waiata ki a ia.
8 Ko Ihowā tō rātou kaha,
ko ia anō te kaha whakaora o tāna tangata i whakawahi ai.
9 Whakaorangia tāu iwi, manaakitia tōu kāinga tupu;
whāngainga rātou, whakaarahia ake ake.