[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;