Waiata 39:1 I mea ahau, Ka ata whakaaro ahau ki oku ara, kei hara toku arero: I Ka tiakina toku mangai ki te paraire, i te mea kei toku aroaro te tangata kino. 39:2 I wahangu ahau, i wahangu, i whakarongo puku ahau, ahakoa pai; me toku pouri i ohooho. 39:3 Werawera ana toku ngakau i roto i ahau, i ahau e whakaaro ana kua ka te ahi: na i korero toku arero, 39:4 E Ihowa, meinga ahau kia matau ki toku mutunga, ki te maha hoki o oku ra, he aha koia. kia mohio ai ahau ki toku ngoikore. 39:5 Nana, he whanuitanga ringa oku ra kua homai nei e koe; a he rite oku tau kahore he mea i mua i a koe: he pono kei te ahua pai katoa nga tangata katoa horihori. Hera. 39:6 He pono kei te haereere noa nga tangata katoa, he mea teka noa; he horihori: e ami ana ia i te taonga, a kahore e mohio ma wai ranei e kohi. 39:7 Na he aha taku e tatari atu nei, e te Ariki? ko koe taku e tumanako atu nei. 39:8 Whakaorangia ahau i oku he katoa: kaua ahau e waiho hei tawainga ma Ihowa kuare. 39:9 I wahangu ahau, kihai i kuihi toku mangai; nau hoki i mahi. 39:10 Tangohia atu i ahau tau patunga: ka ngaro ahau i te pakinga a tou ringa. 39:11 Ka pakia e koe te tangata, ka whakatupehupehutia mo te kino, ka whakataua e koe tana te ataahua kia memeha atu ano he purehurehu: he pono he mea teka noa nga tangata katoa. Hera. 39:12 Whakarongo ki taku inoi, e Ihowa, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku karanga; kei wahangu koe oku roimata: he manene hoki ahau i a koe, he manene, he pera me oku katoa ko nga matua. 39:13 Kia ora ahau, kia ora ai toku kaha, i mua i toku haerenga atu i konei, ka kore noa iho atu.