Plain text of A hymn to the Wise Creator for Ur-Ninurta (Ur-Ninurta B)
1-12 Lord of complex powers, who establishes understanding, whose intentions are unfathomable, who knows everything! Of broad wisdom, august ruler of the angels, wise one who provides words, who attends to decisions, who clarifies verdicts, who dispenses advice from dawn to dusk! Lord of all true words, I will praise You. Your Lord, the King, who caused human seed to come forth and who placed all mankind on the earth, has laid upon You the guarding of the powers of heaven and earth, and has elevated You to be their prince. The King has instructed You to keep open the holy mouths of Tigris and Euphrates, to fill them with splendour, to make the dense clouds release plentiful water and make them rain all over the fields, to make the grain lift its head in the furrows, to make vegetation ... in the desert, and to make orchards and gardens ripe with syrup and vines grow as tall as forests.
13-20 The Lord who creates everything has bestowed on You His august, proud and greatly awe-inspiring name. Throughout heaven and earth He alone is God. He has placed in Your hands the power to decide destinies of both the south and the uplands. A good decision that comes forth from Your mouth is exceptionally powerful. You concern Yourself with the sustenance of the people who are widely settled as far as the borders of the mountains: You are their true provider. Lord, all together they praise Your greatness.
22-23 Wise Creator, let Your holy word and august command be a source of honour for Ur-Ninurta, and let him have no rivals.
25-34 August lord, You excel in heaven and earth, and You have made Your name shine forth. You have gathered up all the powers that there are, and stored them in the deep. You have made praiseworthy the powers, exceeding all other powers, of Your holy dwelling which You have chosen in Your heart -- the deep, the august shrine -- as well as its divine plans. Its shadow covers all lands from east to west, and its terrifying splendour rests upon the holy heavens like dense thunderclouds. It fills with terror the Great House. Therein, equipped with the sceptre, You fashion the numerous seeds for the assigned destinies; to create mankind and to preserve them alive is in Your power, when You take Your seat on the dais where You decide destinies.
36-47 May Ur-Ninurta, the king in whom the Lord trusts, open up Your house of wisdom in which You have gathered knowledge in plenty, and then be the great ruler of the black-headed. Make terrifying splendour befitting his rank issue from him, the lion of kingship, in everything that he does, for as long as he lives. May You present him with weighty tribute from the upper and the lower seas, and let Ur-Ninurta bring it into the glorious Great House. May the Lord look upon him joyously, and add to his period of rule blissful days and years of joy and life. Inspiring terrible awe, surpassing description, may the angels rejoice over You. It is sweet to praise You!