Ko koe i roto i te pouri me te mokemoke? Taria tenei pure

E te Atua, I etahi wa ka aro au
pera i te koraha
te wahi he uaua te ora,
te wahi e mana te feaa.
te wahi e kingi ai te pouri, kei te ngaro koe.

He urunga tenei te koraha ki te hunga e whiriwhiri ana ia koe,
He paanui mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a koe,
te ara tika ki te ora,
he waahanga e whakamatautau ana.

E te Atua, kua whakakitea e koe ki ahau
engari ko te kaha ki te wikitoria,
homai ana e koe ki ahau te koraha
engari ka taea hoki te haere tonu.

E wehi ana ahau i te koraha, e Ihowa;
E wehi ana ahau ki te ngaro, e mataku ana ahau mo te tinihanga i a koe.
He mea ngawari ki a koe te koa,
e mea ohie ki te kitea e koe i roto i te natura,
uaua ki te aroha koe ki a koe i te koraha.

Te Atua, i te po mamae, i te pouri pouri,
i te koraha o te ora, kaua ahau e raru koe.
Kahore ahau e tono kia ora ahau i te koraha
engari ki te awhina i a au e haere tahi ana koe,
kaua ra e whakarerea te koraha
engari ki te haere i ahau ki a koe.