¹¶ Na Rawiri. Whakawakia ahau, e Ihowa, kua haere nei hoki ahau i te tapatahitanga o toku ngakau: kua whakawhirinaki ano ki a Ihowa, na, e kore e paheke.

¹{[A Psalm] of David.} Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

²Tirohia iho ahau, e Ihowa, whakamatauria ahau, kia kitea oku whatumanawa me toku ngakau.

²Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

³Kei mua hoki tou atawhai i oku kanohi; kua haere nei ahau i tou pono.

³For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

⁴Kahore ahau i noho tahi ki nga tangata horihori; e kore ano ahau e tomo tahi me nga tangata tinihanga.

⁴I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

⁵Kino tonu ahau ki te whakaminenga o nga kaimahi i te he, e kore ano ahau e noho tahi ki te hunga kino.

⁵I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶¶ Ka horoia e ahau oku ringa ki te harakore, ka taiawhio ai i tau aata, e Ihowa;

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

⁷A ka rangona toku reo e whakamoemiti ana, e whakapuaki ana i au mahi whakamiharo katoa.

⁷That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

⁸E Ihowa, kua aroha nei ahau ki tou whare nohoanga, ki te wahi e nohoia ana e tou kororia.

⁸Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹Kei huia toku wairua ki roto ki te hunga hara, me toku ora ki roto ki te hunga toto.

⁹Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰He mahi nanakia hoki ta o ratou ringa; ki tonu o ratou matau i te utu whakapati.

¹⁰In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹Ko ahau ia, ka haere i runga i toku tapatahi: hokona ahau, tohungia hoki ahau.

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

¹²E tu ana toku waewae i te wahi tika: ka whakapaingia a Ihowa e ahau i roto i nga whakaminenga.

¹²My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.