¹¶ He inoi na Mohi, na te tangata a te Atua. E te Ariki, ko koe to matou nohoanga i nga whakatupuranga katoa.

¹A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou — Thou hast been, To us — in generation and generation,

²Kahore ano i whanau noa nga maunga, kahore i hanga e koe te whenua me te ao, ko koe te Atua no tua whakarere a ake tonu atu.

²Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

³E whakahokia ana e koe te tangata kia mongamonga noa, a e mea ana, E hoki, e nga tama a te tangata.

³Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

⁴Ki tau titiro hoki, he rite nga tau kotahi mano ki te ra onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te po.

⁴For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

⁵Me te mea na te waipuke tau kahakinga i a ratou; he moe ratou: i te ata ano he tarutaru e tupu ana.

⁵Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

⁶I te ata e tupu ana, e pihi ana: i te ahiahi kua kotia, kua maroke.

⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

⁷¶ Kua hemo nei hoki matou i tou riri: ka ohorere hoki i tou aritatanga.

⁷For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

⁸Kua maka e koe o matou kino ki tou aroaro, o matou mea huna ki te marama o tou mata.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

⁹Ka pau o matou ra katoa, me te riri ano koe: hemo ake o matou tau ano he korero e korerotia ana.

⁹For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

¹⁰Ko nga ra o o matou tau e whitu tekau tau; a ki te whai kaha, ka waru tekau tau; heoi he mahi mauiui, he pouri to ratou kaha; ka hohoro hoki te hatepea atu, a ka rere atu matou.

¹⁰Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

¹¹Ko wai te matau ana ki te kaha o tou riri? Rite pu ki te wehi ki a koe tou riri.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear — Thy wrath?

¹²¶ Akona matou ki te tatau i o matou ra, kia anga ai te ngakau ki te whakaaro.

¹²To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

¹³Hoki mai, e Ihowa, kia pehea ake te roa? A kia puta ke he whakaaro mou ki au pononga.

¹³Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

¹⁴Kia na matou i te ata i tau mahi tohu: kia hari ai matou, kia koa ai, i o matou ra katoa.

¹⁴Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

¹⁵Whakaharitia matou, kia rite ki nga ra i whakawhiua ai matou e koe, ki nga tau i kite ai matou i te kino.

¹⁵Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

¹⁶Kia puta mai tau mahi ki au pononga, me tou kororia ki a ratou tamariki.

¹⁶Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

¹⁷A hei runga i a matou te ataahua o Ihowa, o to matou Atua: whakapumautia ano ki a matou te mahi a o matou ringa, ae ra, te mahi a o matou ringa, whakapumautia e koe.

¹⁷And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!