1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Na Rawiri. Ko Ihowa taku e whakawhirinaki ai: he aha koutou ka mea ai ki toku wairua, rere a manu atu ki to koutou maunga?
2 Nana, kua whakapikoa te kopere e te hunga kino, e whakatikaia ana a ratou pere ki te aho, hei perenga pukutanga ma ratou ki te hunga ngakau tika.
3 Ki te wawahia nga turanga ake, me pehea te tangata tika?
4 Kei tona temepara tapu a Ihowa, kei te rangi te torona o Ihowa: e titiro ana ona kanohi, e whakamatautau ana ona kamo i nga tama a te tangata.
5 E whakamatautau ana a Ihowa i te tangata tika: a e kinogia ana e tona wairua te tangata kino me te tangata e aroha ana ki te tutu.
6 Ka uaina e ia ki runga ki te hunga kino he mahanga, he ahi, he whanariki, he awha tuaikerekere: ko te wahi tena mo to ratou kapu.
7 No te mea he tika a Ihowa, e aroha ana ki te tika; ka kite te hunga tika i tona kanohi.
Book Summary
Ko ngā Waiata te pukapuka waiata o te Paipera: kotahi rau rima tekau ngā īnoi me ngā waiata whakamoemiti, tangi, whakawhetai, me te whakawhirinaki, he maha nā Rāwiri. Mai i te hōhonu o te pōuri ki te teitei o te karakia, kua kawe i ngā īnoi a te iwi a te Atua mō ngā mano tau.