[520]. See my Hibbert Lectures on the Religion of the Ancient Babylonians, pp. 348-356. Thus we read:—
‘O lord, my sins are many, my transgressions are great!
O my goddess, my sins are many, my transgressions are great!
The sin that I sinned I knew not.
The transgression I committed I knew not.
The cursed thing that I ate I knew not.
The cursed thing that I trampled on I knew not.
The lord in the wrath of his heart has regarded me;
God in the fierceness of his heart has revealed himself to me.
I sought for help and none took my hand;