¹¶ E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowa: mona i whakarongo ki toku reo, ki aku inoi.

¹I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications;

²I tahuri mai tona taringa ki ahau: mo reira ka karanga ahau ki a ia i ahau e ora ana.

²For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during [all] my days.

³I karapotia ahau e nga whakawiringa a te mate: mau pu ahau i nga mamae o te reinga, i kite ahau i te pawera, i te pouri.

³The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

⁴Na ko taku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa; Tena ra, e Ihowa, whakaorangia toku wairua.

⁴Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.

⁵He atawhai a Ihowa, he tika: ae, he aroha to tatou Atua.

⁵Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

⁶E tiakina ana e Ihowa te hunga kuware: i whakaititia ahau, a nana ahau i whakaora.

⁶Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷E hoki, e toku wairua, ki tou okiokinga; kua atawhaitia hoki koe e Ihowa.

⁷Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸Nau hoki toku wairua i whakaora kei mate, oku kanohi kei whai roimata, oku waewae kei paheke.

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

⁹Tera ahau e haereere i te aroaro o Ihowa i te whenua o te ora.

⁹I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

¹⁰¶ I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i korero ai: he nui toku whakawhiunga.

¹⁰I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.

¹¹I mea ahau i toku ohoreretanga, He teka kau nga tangata katoa.

¹¹I said in my haste, All men are liars.

¹²He aha taku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowa mo ana atawhainga katoa i ahau?

¹²What shall I render unto Jehovah, [for] all his benefits toward me?

¹³Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga, ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa.

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁴Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa i te aroaro o tana iwi katoa.

¹⁴I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people.

¹⁵He mea utu nui ki ta Ihowa titiro te matenga o tana hunga tapu.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.

¹⁶E Ihowa, he pono ko ahau tau pononga; ko ahau tau pononga, ko te tama a tau pononga wahine; nau i wewete oku here.

¹⁶Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, ara te whakawhetai: ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa.

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa, ae, ki te aroaro o tana iwi katoa.

¹⁸I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,

¹⁹Ki nga marae o te whare o Ihowa, ki waenganui ou, e Hiruharama. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa.

¹⁹In the courts of Jehovah's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!