I am one who glorifieth the gods and who knoweth the things which concern them.
I am come and am awaiting that inquisition be made of Rightfulness and that the Balance be set upon its stand within the bower of amaranth.([38])
O thou who art exalted upon thy pedestal and who callest thy name, Lord of Air: deliver me from those messengers of thine who inflict disasters([39]) and bring about mishaps. No covering have they upon their faces.
For I have done the Righteousness of a Lord of Righteousness.
I have made myself pure: my front parts are washed, my back parts are pure, and my inwards steeped in the Tank of Righteousness. There is not a limb in me which is void of Righteousness.
I purify me in the Southern Tank, and I rest me at the northern lake, in the Garden of Grasshoppers.([40])
The Boatmen of Rā purify them there at this hour of the night or day([41]) and the hearts of the gods are appeased([42]) when I pass through it by night or by day.
Let him come([43]): that is what they say to me.
Who, pray, art thou? that is what they say to me.
What, pray, is thy name? that is what they say to me.