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Chaldean Hymns to the Sun Third Hymn
1Thou who marchest before ...
2With Anu and Bel ...
3The support of crowds of men, direct them!
4He who rules in heaven, he who arranges, is thyself.
5He who establishes truth in the thoughts of the nations, is thyself.✦ Psalms 9:8
6Thou knowest the truth, thou knowest what is false.
7Sun, justice has raised its head;
8Sun, falsehood, like envy, has spoken calumny.
9Sun, the servant of Anu and Bel is thyself;
10Sun, the supreme judge of heaven and earth is thyself.
11Sun, ...
12Sun, the supreme judge of the countries, is thyself.
13The Lord of living beings, the one merciful to the countries, is thyself.
14Sun, illuminate this day the King, son of his god, make him shine!
15Everything that is working evil in his body, may that be driven elsewhere.
16Like a cruse of ... purify him!
17Like a cruse of milk, make him flow!
18May it flow like molten bronze!
19Deliver him from his infirmity!
20Then, when he revives, may thy sublimity direct him!
21And me, the magician, thy obedient servant, direct me!
Editorial restorations by the translator are in [square brackets]; “…” and italic notes mark where the tablet is broken. Bracketed scene-headings are the translator's, not part of the text.