[478] Lit., rushing water.
[479] I.e., very numerous.
[480] Be pacified.
[481] E.g., IVR. 61.
[482] Ib. 59, no. 2.
[483] Delitzsch, Assyr. Wörterbuch, p. 378. In another psalm the penitent says similarly, "Food I have not eaten, weeping is my nourishment, water I have not drunk, tears are my drink."
[484] Lit., 'released.' The underlying metaphor represents the individual held fast by sin, just as the demons seize hold of a man.
[485] A somewhat puzzling line, but which appears to convey the promise on the part of the penitent that if forgiven he will observe the rites demanded by the deity.
[486] Babylon.
[487] IVR 19, no. 3; Zimmern, no. 5.