Waiata
109:1 ś Kei wahangu koe, e te Atua e whakamoemiti nei ahau;
109:2 Kua puaki hoki te mangai o te tangata kino me te mangai o te tangata tinihanga
he kino noku: he teka o ratou arero;
109:3 I karapotia hoki ahau e ratou ki nga kupu mauahara; a whawhai ana ki ahau
kahore he take.
109:4 Mo toku aroha he hoariri ratou ki ahau: ko ahau ia, he inoi taku.
109:5 Utua ana e ratou ki ahau he kino mo te pai, he mauahara mo toku aroha.
109:6 Meinga he tangata kino hei rangatira mona; kia tu a Hatana ki tona ringa matau.
109:7 Kia tau te he ki a ia, ina whakawakia: kia rite ano tana inoi
hara.
109:8 Kia torutoru ona ra; ma tetahi atu e tango tana mahi.
109:9 Kia pania ana tamariki, kia pouarutia hoki tana wahine.
109:10 Kia kopikopiko noa ana tamariki, pinono ai: ma ratou e rapu ma ratou
he taro ano o ratou wahi mokemoke.
109:11 Kia haoa e te kaipahua ana mea katoa; ma nga tangata ke e pahua
tana mahi.
109:12 Kaua tetahi hei hoatu noa i te aroha ki a ia: kaua hoki tetahi e aroha ki a ia.
atawhai ki ana pani.
109:13 Kia hatepea putia ona uri; ma to muri whakatupuranga ma ratou
kia murua te ingoa.
109:14 Kia maharatia e Ihowa te kino o ona matua; a kaua e tukua
kia murua te hara o tona whaea.
109:15 Kia mau tonu ki te aroaro o Ihowa: kia hatepea atu ai e ia te maharatanga
o ratou no te whenua.
109:16 Mona kihai i mahara ki te mahi tohu: heoi tukino ana ia i nga rawakore
me te rawakore, hei whakamate i te hunga ngakau maru.
109:17 Ae ra, i pai ia ki te kanga, a kua tae mai ki a ia: kihai ia i aro ki te kanga.
te manaaki, kia matara atu i a ia.
109:18 I kakahu ia i te kanga ki a ia, ano ko tona kakahu, tukua atu
ano he wai te tomo ki roto ki ona whekau, me te hinu hoki ki roto ki ona wheua.
109:19 Waiho ki a ia hei kakahu hipoki mona, hei whitiki hoki
he mea whitiki tonu ia.
109:20 Na hei utu tena ki oku hoariri, he mea na Ihowa, ratou ko ratou
e korero kino nei mo toku wairua.
109:21 Ko koe ia, kia mahi ki ahau, e te Atua, e te Ariki, he whakaaro ki tou ingoa;
he pai te mahi tohu, whakaorangia ahau.
109:22 He ware hoki ahau, he rawakore, kua mamae toku ngakau i roto i ahau.
109:23 Kua riro ahau me te atarangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau ano he
te mawhitiwhiti.
109:24 Hurorirori kau oku turi i te nohopuku; e hemo ana hoki oku kikokiko i te ngako.
109:25 Kua waiho ahau hei tawainga ma ratou: ka titiro mai ratou ki ahau, ka wiri
o ratou mahunga.
109:26 Awhinatia ahau, e Ihowa, e toku Atua: kia rite ki tou aroha tau whakaora i ahau.
109:27 Kia mohio ai ratou ko tou ringa itene; nau tena i mahi, e Ihowa.
109:28 Ma ratou e kanga, mau ia e manaaki: kia whakama ratou ina whakatika;
engari kia hari tau pononga.
109:29 Kia whakakakahuria oku hoariri ki te whakama, a kia hipokina ratou
me to ratou whakama, ano he koroka.
109:30 Ka tino whakamoemiti toku mangai ki a Ihowa; ae ra, ka whakamoemiti ahau ki a ia
i waenganui i te mano.
109:31 E tu hoki ia ki te ringa matau o te rawakore, hei whakaora ia ia i era
e whakahe ana i tona wairua.