Maāt. The gods were said to be nebû maāt, ‘possessors of maāt.’ or ānchiû em maāt, ‘subsisting by or through maāt.’ Maāt is in fact the Law and Order by which the universe exists. Truth and justice are but forms of Maāt as applied to human action.”—Papyrus of Ani, Introduction, p. 2.
[42] This prayer is contained in chap. xxx. of The Book of the Dead:—
“Chapter whereby the heart of a person is not kept back from
him in the Netherworld.
Heart mine which is that of my mother,
Whole heart mine which is that of my birth,
Let there be no estoppel against me through evidence, let no hindrance be made to me by the divine Circle; fall thou not against me in presence of him who is at the Balance.
Thou art my genius (Ka), who art by me (in my Kha-t), the Artist who givest soundness to my limbs.
Come forth to the bliss towards which we are bound;
Let not those Ministrants who deal with a man according to the course of his life give a bad odour to my name.
Pleasant for us, pleasant for the listener, is the joy of the Weighing of the Words.