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Plain text of Chapter Clxxxiii

Adoration to God, giving Him praise, bowing down before Him, falling on one's face before the Lord of Ta-tsert, and exalting Him.

I have come to Thee, O Lord, Prince everlasting. I am in the train of the Recorder, I rejoice in all that he has done.

He brings thee sweet breezes to thy nose, the breath of life to thy beautiful face, the wind to thy nostrils.

He grants that the morning light shine on thy body, he illuminates thy path with his rays, he removes all that is wrong in thy body by the virtue of his speech. He drives away anger and quarrel, he removes the displeasure out of their hearts, so that one embraces the other.

Thy son is triumphant; he has received the royal power on the earth, and his dominion over the whole earth, as was ordered by his father.

God gives thee to join Him on the firmament, when He raises water on the mountains in order to make growth come forth on the mountains, and all growth spring out of the earth; He brings forth all products on water and on land.

Egypt and the desert are at peace; the temples and the cities are well ordered in their places; they bring to Thee tributes of offerings, and they make libations to Thy name for ever. Thou art called upon, and Thy name is praised.

The righteous who are in thy following sprinkle water on thy food by the side of the dead souls in this land. All thy thoughts are excellent like those of him who was at the beginning.

Thou art living, thou art revived, thou art renewed, thou art perfect. God gives health to all thy limbs.

All the lands praise Thy beauties like the sun when he rises every morning; Thy beauties are exalted.

Life is with Thee, abundance is attached to Thee. I offer truth before Thee; grant that I may be in the train of Thy majesty like one who is on the earth. May Thy name be called upon, may it be found among the just ones.

I have come to the city of this God, to the region of old time; my soul and my spirit are in this land. The Lord of it is the Lord of justice, the Lord of abundance, the great and the venerable One; He journeys to the South in His boat, and to the North driven by the winds, to be entertained with gifts according to His command, the Lord of peace therein, who left me free of care. He rejoices in him who practices justice; He grants an old age to him who has done so; he is beloved, and the end of it is a good burial.

I have come to Thee; my hands bring truth, my heart does not contain any falsehood, I offer Thee truth before Thy face, I know her; I swear by her; I have done no evil thing on earth; I have never wronged a man of his property. My hands are pure. I have put away all evil things; I write justice and I hate evil; for I am the writing-reed of the Inviolate God, who utters His words, and whose words are written in the two earths.

I am the lord of justice, who gives victory to him who is injured and who takes the defense of the oppressed, of him who is wronged in his property. I have dispelled darkness; I have driven away the storm; I have given air to the departed, and the sweet breezes of the North when he comes out of the womb of his mother. I have given him to enter into the mysterious cave where is revived the heart of him whose heart is motionless.