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He Īnoi mō te Whakamarumaru

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.

1Whakaorangia ahau, e Ihowā, i te tangata kino;āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,2e whakaaro kino nei i ō rātou ngākau,e whakamine nei i a rātou i ngā wā katoa ki te whawhai.3Kua whakakoia tō rātou arero, ānō he nākahi;kei raro i ō rātou ngutu te wai whakamate o te neke. Hera
4Tiakina ahau, e Ihowā, i ngā ringa o te hunga kino;āraia atu i ahau te tangata tutū,kua mea nei kia tutea ōku hīkoinga.5Kua hunā e te hunga whakakake te māhanga mōku, me ngā aho;kua horahia e rātou he kupenga ki te taha o te ara;kua whakapikoa e rātou he rore mōku. Hera
6I mea ahau ki a Ihowā, “Ko koe tōku Atua.”Whakarongo, e Ihowā, ki tōku reo īnoi.7E Ihowā, e te Ariki, e te kaha o tōku whakaoranga,nāu i hīpoki tōku upoko i te rā o te tatauranga.8Aua e whakaaetia, e Ihowā, ngā hiahia o te tangata kino;kei taea tōna whakaaro korokē;kei whakakake rātou. Hera
9Tēnā ko te upoko o te hunga e whakapae nei i ahau,kia hīpokina rātou e te kino o ō rātou ngutu!10Kia taka he waro mura ki runga ki a rātou;kia pangā rātou ki te ahi, ki roto ki ngā poka hōhonu,kei whakatika ake anō rātou.11E kore te tangata kōrero kino e whakapūmautia ki runga ki te whenua;mā te kino e aruaru te tangata tutū, kia turakina atu ia ki raro.
12E mātau ana anō ahau mā Ihowā e tohe te whakawā a te tangata e tūkinotia ana,te mea hoki e rite ana mā ngā rawakore.13He pono ka whakawhetai te hunga pai ki tōu ingoa;ka noho te hunga tika ki tōu aroaro.