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He Īnoi mō te Whakamarumaru
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.
1 Whakaorangia ahau, e Ihowā, i te tangata kino;
āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,
2 e whakaaro kino nei i ō rātou ngākau,
e whakamine nei i a rātou i ngā wā katoa ki te whawhai.
3 Kua whakakoia tō rātou arero, ānō he nākahi;
kei raro i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o te neke.
Hera
4 Tiakina ahau, e Ihowā, i ngā ringa o te hunga kino;
āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,
kua mea nei kia tutea ōku hīkoinga.
5 Kua hunā e te hunga whakakake te māhanga mōku, me ngā aho;
kua horahia e rātou he kupenga ki te taha o te ara;
kua whakapikoa e rātou he rore mōku.
Hera
6 I mea ahau ki a Ihowā, “Ko koe tōku Atua.”
Whakarongo, e Ihowā, ki tōku reo īnoi.
7 E Ihowā, e te Ariki, e te kaha o tōku whakaoranga,
nāu i hīpoki tōku upoko i te rā o te tatauranga.
8 Aua e whakaaetia, e Ihowā, ngā hiahia o te tangata kino;
kei taea tōna whakaaro korokē;
kei whakakake rātou.
Hera
9 Tēnā ko te upoko o te hunga e whakapae nei i ahau,
kia hīpokina rātou e te kino o ō rātou ngutu!
10 Kia taka he waro mura ki runga ki a rātou;
kia pangā rātou ki te ahi, ki roto ki ngā poka hōhonu,
kei whakatika ake anō rātou.
11 E kore te tangata kōrero kino e whakapūmautia ki runga ki te whenua;
mā te kino e aruaru te tangata tutū, kia turakina atu ia ki raro.
12 E mātau ana anō ahau mā Ihowā e tohe te whakawā a te tangata e tūkinotia ana,
te mea hoki e rite ana mā ngā rawakore.
13 He pono ka whakawhetai te hunga pai ki tōu ingoa;
ka noho te hunga tika ki tōu aroaro.