Chapter 7
1 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, kei a koe tōku whakawhirinakitanga; kia ora ahau i te hunga katoa e aru ana i ahau, kia mawhiti atu hoki ahau;
2 kei haehae ia i tōku wairua, ānō he raiona, ā, tītaritari noa, i te mea kāhore he kaiārai.
3 E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, ki te mea nāku tēnā mahi, ki te mea he hara kei ōku ringa;
4 ki te mea i whakahokia e ahau he kino ki te tangata kua mau nei tā māua rongo; i whakaora nei hoki ahau i te tangata i kino noa mai ki ahau;
5 kia arumia tōku wairua e te hoariri, ā, kia mau; kia takahia hoki tōku ora e ia ki te whenua, kia whakatakotoria anō tōku korōria ki te puehu. Hera
6 E Ihowā, whakatika, kia riri koe, ara ake, e nanā nei hoki ōku hoa whawhai; kia oho ake hoki koe mōku; kua kīia e koe te whakawā.
7 Tukua kia karapotia koe e te whakaminenga o ngā iwi; mā runga atu i a rātou tōu hokinga atu ki runga.
8 Ko Ihowā e whakarite whakawā ana mō ngā iwi; kia rite, e Ihowā, tāu whakawā mōku ki tāku mahi tika, ki te tapatahi hoki o ōku whakaaro.
9 Kia whakamutua te kino o te hunga kino; whakaūkia hoki te tangata tika; e whakamātautau ana hoki te Atua tika i ngā ngākau, i ngā whatumanawa.
10 Kei te Atua tōku whakangungu rākau, māna e whakaora te hunga ngākau tika.
11 He kaiwhakawā tika te Atua, āe rā, he Atua e riri ana i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā.
12 Ki te kore tētahi e tahuri, ka whakakoia e ia tāna hoari; kua whakapikoa e ia tāna kōpere, ā, oti rawa te whakapai.
13 Oti rawa anō āna mea whakamate te whakapai e ia; kua meinga e ia āna pere ānō he ahi.
14 Nanā, he kino te mea e whakamamae nei ia; he whanokē te mea i hapū ki roto ki a ia, ā, whānau ake he teka.
15 I pokaia e ia he poka, he mea keri nāna, taka iho ia ki roto ki te rua i mahia e ia.
16 Ka hoki tōna whanokē ki tōna mātenga, ā, ka tau iho tāna tūkino ki tōna tumuaki.
17 Ka rite ki tōna tika tāku whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā, ka hīmene atu hoki ahau ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Runga Rawa.