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He Whakamanawatanga i roto i a Ihowā

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Nā Rāwiri.

1Ko Ihowā tāku e whakawhirinaki ai;he aha koutou ka mea ai ki tōku wairua,“Rere ā-manu atu ki tō koutou maunga?2Nanā, kua whakapikoa te kōpere e te hunga kino,e whakatikaia ana ā rātou pere ki te aho,hei perenga pukutanga mā rātou ki te hunga ngākau tika.3Ki te wāwāhia ngā tūranga ake,me pēhea te tangata tika?”
4Kei tōna temepara tapu a Ihowā,kei te rangi te torōna o Ihowā.E titiro ana ōna kanohi,e whakamātautau ana ōna kamo i ngā tama a te tangata.5E whakamātautau ana a Ihowā i te tangata tika;ā, e kinongia ana e tōna wairua te tangata kino me te tangatae aroha ana ki te tutū.6Ka uaina e ia ki runga ki te hunga kino he māhanga,he ahi, he whānāriki, he āwhā tuai kerekere;ko te wāhi tēnā mō tō rātou kapu.
7Nō te mea he tika a Ihowā,e aroha ana ki te tika;ka kite te hunga tika i tōna kanohi.