1 Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Na Rawiri, hei whakamahara. Kia hohoro, e te Atua, ki te whakaora i ahau: e Ihowa, hohoro ki te awhina i ahau.
2 Kia whakama, kia pororaru ngatahi te hunga e rapu ana i toku wairua: kia whakahokia ki muri, kia whakama te hunga e hiahia ana kia he ahau.
3 Kia whakahokia ki muri mo to ratou whakama, te hunga e mea ana ki ahau, Ha, ha.
4 Kia hari, kia koa, ki a koe te hunga katoa e rapu ana i a koe; kia mea tonu te hunga e pai ana ki tau whakaoranga, Kia whakanuia te Atua.
5 Ko ahau ia, he iti, he rawakore; hohoro mai, e te Atua, ki ahau: ko koe toku awhina, toku kaiwhakaora; kaua ra e whakaroa, e Ihowa.
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.