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He Waiata Whakawhetai me te Tangi
Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.
1I tatari mārie ahau ki a Ihowā;ā, anga ana ia ki ahau, whakarongo ana ki tāku karanga.2Nā, kei te tango ake ia i ahau i te poka whakamataku,i te paru tāoruoru;kei te whakatū i ōku waewae ki runga ki te kōhatu,kei te whakaū i ōku hīkoinga.3Ā, hōmai ana e ia he waiata hou ki tōku māngai,he whakamoemiti ki tō tātou Atua.He tokomaha e kite, ā, ka wehi,ka whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowā.4Ka hari te tangata kua waiho nei e iaa Ihowā hei whakawhirinakitanga mōna;ā, kāhore e tahuri ki te hunga whakakake,ki te hunga hoki e peka ana ki te teka.5E Ihowā, e tōku Atua, he tiniāu mahi whakamīharo i mahia e koe,me ōu whakaaro ki a mātou.E kore e taea te kōrero whakatepe atu ki a koe;me i mea ahau kia whakakitea,kia kōrerotia, e kore e taea te tatau.6Kīhai i matenuitia e koe te patunga tapu, me te whakahere;pokaia ana e koe ōku taringa.Kīhai koe i mea mai ki te tahunga tinana,ki te whakahere hara.7Nā, ko tāku meatanga atu, “Nā, kua tae mai ahau;kei roto i te pukapuka te tuhituhi mōku.8Ko taku pai ko te mea i tāu e pai ai, e tōku Atua;āe rā, kei tōku ngākau tāu ture.”9Kua kauwhautia e ahau te tikai roto i te whakaminenga nui;nanā, kīhai i kopia ōku ngutu,tēnā koe te mātau ana, e Ihowā.10Kīhai i hunā e ahau tōu tika i roto i tōku ngākau;kua kōrerotia e ahau tōu pono me tāu whakaoranga;kīhai, i hunā e ahau tōu aroha me tōu ponoi te whakaminenga nui.11Kei kaiponuhia tōu aroha ki ahau, e Ihowā;mā tōu atawhai me tōu pono ahau e tiaki i ngā wā katoa.12Tā te mea kua karapotia ahau e ngā kinoe kore e taea te tatau;mau pū ahau i ōku kino,tē āhei te titiro ake;he tini kē i ngā makawe o tōku mātenga;ā, hemo iho tōku ngākau.13Kia pai, e Ihowā, ki te whakaora i ahau;e Ihowā, hohoro ki te āwhina i ahau.14Kia whakamā, kia pororaru ngātahi te hungae rapu ana i tōku wairua kia whakamatea;kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakamā te hungae hiahia ana kia hē ahau.15Kia hunā, hei utu mō tō rātou whakamā te hungae mea mai ana ki ahau, “Ha, ha!”16Kia hari, kia koa ki a koe te hunga katoae rapu ana i a koe;kia mea tonu te hunga e pai ana ki tāu whakaoranga,“Kia whakanuia a Ihowā.”17Ko ahau ia, he iti, he rawakore;heoi e whakaaro ana te Ariki ki ahau.Ko koe tōku āwhina, tōku kaiwhakaora;kaua rā e whakaroa, e tōku Atua.