That the law of all the gods thy hand should hold;
Thou renderest the judgment of mankind;
Thou leadest him that is without a leader, the man that is in need;
Thou graspest the hand of the weak, thou raisest up him that is bowed down;
The body of the man that to the lower world has been brought down thou dost restore.
From him who sin possesses the sin thou dost remove;
The man with whom his guardian god is angry, thou art quick to favor.
Ninib, prince among the gods, a warrior art thou.
[There follows a petition for the forgiveness of sins.]
The following hymn, which belongs not so much to the sanctuary as to Nature, is of peculiar interest because of the light it throws upon Psalm 19:40-6. Here indeed the Sun god not only runs his course but is in very truth a bridegroom, and has his tent, and, refreshed by the banquet he has enjoyed, is strong to run his race: