Waiata
142:1 ś I karanga toku reo ki a Ihowa; i mea toku reo ki a Ihowa
inoi taku inoi.
142:2 Horahia ana taku inoi ki tona aroaro; whakakitea ana e ahau toku mate ki tona aroaro.
142:3 I te ngaromanga o toku wairua i roto i ahau i matau koe ki toku ara. I roto
ko te ara i haere ai ahau kua whakatakotoria pukutia e ratou he mahanga moku.
142:4 ¶ Titiro ki toku taha matau, ka kite, kahore hoki he tangata hei hiahia
kia mohio koe ki ahau: kua kore he piringa moku; kahore he tangata i whakaaro ki toku wairua.
142:5 I karanga ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa: i mea, Ko koe toku piringa, toku wahi i roto
te whenua o te hunga ora.
142:6 Tahuri mai ki taku karanga; kua whakaititia rawatia hoki ahau: whakaorangia ahau i taku
te hunga whakatoi; he kaha ake hoki ratou i ahau.
142:7 Whakaputaina toku wairua i te herehere, kia whakamoemiti ai ahau ki tou ingoa: te hunga tika.
ka karapotia ahau; ka atawhai mai hoki koe ki ahau.