Waiata
5:1 Tahuri tou taringa, e Ihowa, ki aku kupu, kia mohio koe ki toku whakaaroaronga.
5:2 Whakarongo ki te reo o taku karanga, e toku Kingi, e toku Atua: ki a koe hoki
ka inoi ahau.
5:3 E rongo koe ki toku reo, e Ihowa, i te ata; i te ata ka mahia e ahau
anga mai taku inoi ki a koe, ka titiro ake.
5:4 Ehara hoki koe i te Atua e pai ana ki te hara, e kore ano hoki
noho te kino ki a koe.
5:5 E kore te hunga wairangi e tu ki tou aroaro: e kinongia ana e koe nga kaimahi katoa
kino.
5:6 E ngaro ia koe te hunga korero teka: e whakarihariha ana a Ihowa ki a koe
te tangata toto me te hianga.
5:7 Ko ahau ia ka haere i runga i te nui o au atawhai ki tou whare.
ka koropiko ki te ritenga o tou temepara tapu, me te wehi ano ki a koe.
5:8 E Ihowa, arahina ahau i runga i tou tika, he hoariri hoki oku; hanga tou
ara tika i mua i toku mata.
5:9 Kahore hoki he pono io ratou mangai; he tino nui to roto
kino; he urupa puare noa to ratou korokoro; kei te patipati ratou ki a ratou
arero.
5:10 Whakangaromia ratou, e te Atua; kia hinga ratou i o ratou whakaaro; maka atu
i roto i te tini o a ratou mahi tutu; kua whakakeke hoki ratou
ki a koe.
5:11 Na kia hari katoa te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe: a ake ake
hamama i te koa, no te mea ka tohe koe i a ratou: me te hunga e aroha ana ki a koe
kia hari te ingoa ki a koe.
5:12 No te mea ka manaakitia e koe, e Ihowa, te tangata tika; me te atawhai ka taiawhiotia e koe
ano he whakangungu rakau ia.