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He Tangi mō te Whakaoranga mai i te Pēhinga 
 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Nā Rāwiri. 
  1 Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua,  
ka tae mai hoki ngā wai ki roto ki tōku wairua.   
 2 Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hōhonu,  
ki te wāhi kāhore nei he tūnga;  
kua tae ahau ki ngā wai hōhonu,  
ngaro iho ahau i ngā waipuke.   
 3 Kua ruwha ahau i tāku tangi;  
kua maroke tōku korokoro.  
Pakoko kau ōku kanohi i ahau  
e tatari nei ki tōku Atua.   
 4 Tini kē i ngā makawe o tōku mātenga  
te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau;  
he kaha rawa te hunga e mauāhara noa ana ki ahau,  
e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau.  
Utua ana e ahau i reira  
ngā mea kīhai i tangohia e ahau.   
 5 E te Atua, e mātau ana koe ki tōku kūware;  
kāhore hoki ōku hē e ngaro i a koe.   
 6 E te Ariki, e Ihowā o ngā mano  
kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakamā i ahau;  
e te Atua o Īharaira,  
kei numinumi kau i ahau  
te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.   
 7 Mōu hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tāwainga;  
ngaro iho tōku mata i te whakamā.   
 8 He tangata kē ahau ki ōku hoa ake;  
hei tautangata ki ngā tama a tōku whaea.   
 9 Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tōu whare;  
kua tau anō ki ahau ngā tāwai a te hunga e tāwai ana ki a koe.   
 10 I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i tōku wairua,  
ka waiho tēnā hei tāwainga mōku.   
 11 I kākahu hoki ahau i te kākahu taratara mōku,  
ā, i waiho hei whakatauki mā rātou.   
 12 Kei te kōrero kino mōku te hunga e noho ana i te kūwaha;  
waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi wāina.   
 13 Ko ahau ia, ki a koe tāku īnoi, e Ihowā,  
i te wā e manakohia ai;  
whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua,  
i runga i te nui o tōu aroha,  
o te pono o tāu whakaoranga.   
 14 Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru,  
kei toremi;  
kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau,  
i ngā wai hōhonu anō hoki.   
 15 Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke,  
kei horomia e te rire;  
kei kopia anō te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.   
 16 E Ihowā whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;  
he pai hoki tōu atawhai:  
tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o āu arohatanga.   
 17 Ā, kaua e hunā tōu mata ki tāu pononga;  
e pōuri ana hoki ahau:  
hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.   
 18 Whakatata mai ki tōku wairua, hokona;  
whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei ōku hoariri.   
 19 E mātau ana koe ki tōku tāwainga,  
ki tōku whakamā, ki tōku numinumi;  
tōu aroaro ōku hoariri katoa.   
 20 Marū noa tōku ngākau i te tāwai;  
ā, kī tonu ahau i te pōuri;  
i titiro ahau ki tētahi hei aroha mai, ā, kore ake;  
ki ētahi hei whakamārie, ā, kīhai i kitea.   
 21 I hōmai he au hei kai māku;  
i tōku matewaitanga anō i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.   
 22 Kia meinga tā rātou tēpu i tō rātou aroaro hei māhanga;  
hei rore hoki i tō rātou wā rangimārie.   
 23 Kia whakapōuritia ō rātou kanohi, kei kite rātou;  
kia wiri tonu hoki ō rātou hope.   
 24 Ringihia atu tōu riri ki runga ki a rātou,  
kia mau hoki rātou i tōu ārita, i tōu weriweri.   
 25 Kia ururuatia tō rātou nohoanga;  
kaua tētahi e noho ki ō rātou tēneti.   
 26 Mō rātou i tūkino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe;  
ā, kōrerotia ana e rātou te pōuri o te hunga i werohia e koe.   
 27 Tāpiritia he kino ki runga ki tō rātou kino;  
kaua hoki rātou e tukua kia tomo ki tōu tika.   
 28 Kia murua atu rātou i te pukapuka o te ora,  
kaua anō e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.   
 29 Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pōuri;  
kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tāu whakaoranga.   
 30 Ka whakamoemiti tāku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua,  
ka whakanui anō tāku whakawhetai i a ia.   
 31 Pai rawa tēnei ki a Ihowā i te pūru,  
i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.   
 32 Kua kite te hunga māhaki, kua hari;  
ka ora anō ō koutou ngākau,  
e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.   
 33 Nō te mea ka rongo a Ihowā ki ngā rawakore,  
e kore anō e whakahāwea ki āna herehere.   
 34 Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia,  
ngā moana, me ngā mea katoa e tere ana i roto.   
 35 Nō te mea tērā e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona,  
ka hangā anō e ia ngā pā o Hūrā;  
ā, ka noho rātou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a rātou;   
 36 ā, ka nohoia a reira e ngā uri o āna pononga;  
hei kāinga tupu anō a reira mō te hunga e aroha ana ki tōna ingoa.