| Chapter 116 |
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¶ E aroha ana ahau ki a Ihowa: mona i whakarongo ki toku reo, ki aku inoi. |
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I tahuri mai tona taringa ki ahau: mo reira ka karanga ahau ki a ia i ahau e ora ana. |
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I karapotia ahau e nga whakawiringa a te mate: mau pu ahau i nga mamae o te reinga, i kite ahau i te pawera, i te pouri. |
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Na ko taku karangatanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa; Tena ra, e Ihowa, whakaorangia toku wairua. |
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He atawhai a Ihowa, he tika: ae, he aroha to tatou Atua. |
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E tiakina ana e Ihowa te hunga kuware: i whakaititia ahau, a nana ahau i whakaora. |
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E hoki, e toku wairua, ki tou okiokinga; kua atawhaitia hoki koe e Ihowa. |
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Nau hoki toku wairua i whakaora kei mate, oku kanohi kei whai roimata, oku waewae kei paheke. |
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Tera ahau e haereere i te aroaro o Ihowa i te whenua o te ora. |
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¶ I whakapono ahau, koia ahau i korero ai: he nui toku whakawhiunga. |
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I mea ahau i toku ohoreretanga, He teka kau nga tangata katoa. |
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He aha taku e whakahoki ai ki a Ihowa mo ana atawhainga katoa i ahau? |
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Ka mau ahau ki te kapu o te whakaoranga, ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa. |
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Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa i te aroaro o tana iwi katoa. |
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He mea utu nui ki ta Ihowa titiro te matenga o tana hunga tapu. |
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E Ihowa, he pono ko ahau tau pononga; ko ahau tau pononga, ko te tama a tau pononga wahine; nau i wewete oku here. |
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Ka tukua e ahau te patunga tapu, ara te whakawhetai: ka karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowa. |
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Ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki a Ihowa, ae, ki te aroaro o tana iwi katoa. |
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Ki nga marae o te whare o Ihowa, ki waenganui ou, e Hiruharama. Whakamoemititia a Ihowa. |