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- (Ki te tino kai whakatangi Nekinoto, he mea Heminiti. He himene na Rawiri.) E Ihowa, kaua e whakatupehupehu mai ki ahau, ina riri koe, kaua ano hoki ahau e pakia ina arita mai koe.
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- E Ihowa, tohungia ahau; e ngoikore ana hoki ahau: rongoatia ahau, e Ihowa, e ohooho ana hoki oku wheua.
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- E ohooho noa iho ana hoki toku wairua: ko koe ia, e Ihowa, kia pehea atu te roa?
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- Hoki mai, e Ihowa, kia mokowhiti atu toku wairua: kia mahara ki to aroha, a whakaorangia ahau.
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- Kahore hoki he maharatanga ki a koe ina mate: ko wai hei whakawhetai atu ki a koe i roto i te rua?
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- Mauiui iho ahau i taku auetanga; e mānu ana toku moenga i a au i te roa o te po; e whakamakukuria ana e ahau taku takotoranga ki aku roimata.
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- Pakoko kau taku kanohi i te tangihanga; kua ahua koroheke i oku hoa riri katoa.
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- Mawehe atu i a au, e nga kai mahi katoa i te kino; kua rongo nei hoki a Ihowa i te reo o taku tangihanga.
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- Kua rongo a Ihowa ki taku inoi; ka manako mai a Ihowa ki taku karakia.
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- Kia whakama, kia pokaikaha noa iho oku hoa riri katoa: kia hoki ratou, kia pa whakarere atu te whakama.