1-10 The great-hearted Lord, the impetuous, pre-eminent in all lands, magnificent, who gathers up the ordinances of heaven and earth, is mightiest of all -- He makes verdicts final. The angels bow before His august word. His action none can foresee. He makes perfect the great ordinances, He holds a shepherd's crook, and He is their magnificent pre-eminent One. He is a huge shackle clamping down upon the rebellious of the Land. His great awesomeness covers the great mountain and levels the roads.

11-17 At His loud cries, the proud of the Land become scared. His roaring makes the rebellious tremble like a solitary reed. At His rumbling, they hide all together. Without God no decisions are made and no destinies are determined. Who opposes the Lord who raises His head and is supreme over the mountains? Wherever He ......, cities become ruin mounds and haunted places, and shrines become waste land. When His wrath makes people tremble, the burning sensation and the distress He causes are like an evil spirit ensnaring a man.

18-28 He stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to Him, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance. His decree speeds conflict and battle against the wicked, untiring. Clothed in a furious storm, a whirlwind, ...... When He touches ...... there is despair, a south wind which has covered ....... No one dares turn against Him. ......, the foremost, a pitfall for the disobedient, a trap for the evil, a ...... for the hostile, wherever He casts His venom .......

29-38 His wrath is ......, a devastating flood which no one can withstand. A great watercourse, ......, He abases those whom He despises. ......, who lets no one escape, ....... He rips to pieces the spacious cattle-pens. The fields of the city which He has looked at in anger ....... The furrows of the field ...... grass. ....... Setting on fire, in the high plain ....... fighting, ......, conflict .......

39-48 ...... a song. This song ...... its established plan, weeping, the food and milk of death. Whoever eats ...... the food and milk of death will not last. Gall will give a burning pain to those who are given it to eat, ...... in their mouth ....... In the plain the song of death is performed. Weapons are washed with blood and gore, ....... Axes smash heads, spears penetrate and maces are covered in blood. Their evil mouths ...... the warriors .......

49-59 On the wide and silent plain, darkening the bright daylight, He turns midday into darkness. People look upon each other in anger, they look for combat. Their shouting disturbs the plain, it weighs on the pasture and the waste land. His howling is like thunder and makes the flesh of all the lands tremble. No one can oppose His battle -- who rivals Him? No one can look at the fierce fighting, the carnage, the ....... Engulfing water, raging, sweeping over the earth, He leaves nothing behind. A breaking plough opening hard ground, ....... The braggarts do not lift their necks, ....... His great heart performs His bidding, the One who alone fashions ....... Exalted in the assembly, He occupies the seat of honour.

60-72 Humbling huge mountains as if they were piles of litter, He immobilises ....... He brings about the destruction of the mountain lands from east to west. ...... wall ...... stones, He obtains victory. He ...... the stone ...... as if it were an earthenware bowl, He makes it like sheep's fat. The proud Lord holds a dagger in His hand, a radiance which covers the Land; His suspended net piles up fish in the deep, ....... As if He were a clever fowler no bird escapes the mesh of His suspended net. The place He has pulverised ......., ...... the divine plans of heaven and earth. The context of His counsel in the great assembly is not known.

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91-98 Weeping daily, the heart does not ....... 'Alas' ...... heart ...... knows no relaxation. ...... in weeping ....... In heaven ....... You alone are majestic, You have renown, heaven and earth ...... not ....... You are pre-eminent in the places of worship, You are magnificent in Your course.

99-108 ...... august dais ....... The thunder which roars from the sky ....... His thick clouds ....... When ...... the great ordinances of heaven and earth, Your victory is terrifying ....... The angels bow down in prostration, they abase themselves.

109-114 All creation kissed the earth and prostrated itself. The high mountain land, the land of cornelian and lapis lazuli, bowed down before You, but Ebih did not bow down before You and did not greet You. Shattering it in Your anger, as desired, You smashed it like a storm. Lord, pre-eminent through Your power, ....... Without You no destiny at all is determined, no clever counsel is granted favour.

115-131 To run, to escape, to quiet and to pacify are Yours, O God. To rove around, to rush, to rise up, to fall down and to ...... a companion are Yours, O God. To open up roads and paths, a place of peace for the journey, a companion for the weak, are Yours, O God. To keep paths and ways in good order, to shatter earth and to make it firm are Yours, O God. To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are Yours, O God. Goods and property are Yours, O God. Gain, profit, great wealth and greater wealth are Yours, O God. Gaining wealth and having success in wealth, financial loss and reduced wealth are Yours, O God. Observation (1 ms. has instead: Everything), choice, offering, inspection and approval are Yours, O God. Assigning dignity, guardian angels and places of worship are Yours, O God.

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132-154 ...... mercy and pity are Yours, O God. ...... are Yours, O God. To cause the ...... heart to tremble, ...... illnesses are Yours, O God. To have a spouse, ......, to love ...... are Yours, O God. To rejoice, to control, ...... are Yours, O God. Neglect and care, raising and bowing down are Yours, O God. To build a house, to create a woman's chamber, to possess implements, to kiss a child's lips are Yours, O God. To run, to race, to desire and to succeed are Yours, O God. To interchange the brute and the strong and the weak and the powerless is Yours, O God. To interchange the heights and valleys and the ...... and the plains is Yours, O God. To give the crown, the throne and the royal sceptre is Yours, O God.

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155-157 To diminish, to make great, to make low, to make broad, to ...... and to give a lavish supply are Yours, O God. To bestow the ordinances of kingship and worship, to carry out the appropriate instructions are Yours, O God.

158-168 The true response, to be humbled or important, misfortune, hardship, grief, to make happy, to clarify and to darken, agitation, terror, fear, splendour and great awesomeness in radiance, triumph, pursuit, illness, sleeplessness and restlessness, submission, gift, ......, to know everything, to strengthen for the distant future a nest built ......, to instil fear in the ...... desert like a ...... poisonous snake, to subdue the hostile enemy, ...... are Yours, O God.

169-173 To ...... the lots ......, to gather the dispersed people and restore them to their homes, to receive ......, to ...... are Yours, O God.

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174-181 ...... the runners, when You open Your mouth, ...... turns into ....... At Your glance a deaf man ...... to one who can hear. At Your angry glare what is bright darkens; You turn midday into darkness. When the time had come You destroyed the place You had in Your thoughts, You made the place tremble. Nothing can be compared to Your purposes; who can oppose Your great deeds? You are the Lord of heaven and earth! In the palace You are the unbribable judge, among the numerous people ...... decisions. The invocation of Your name fills the mountains.

182-196 Your understanding ...... all ....... You alone are magnificent. When You raise Your eyes all creatures, as many as there are in heaven and earth, pay heed to You, they wait for Your word. The angels stand praying in reverence. Great awesomeness, glory ....... May Your praise not cease! Where is Your name not magnificent?

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197-202 Your song is grief, lament ....... Your ...... cannot be changed, Your anger is crushing. Your orders cannot be diminished. ...... as a gift in the assembly. ...... giving the Land into Your hand.

203-208 Once You have said 'So be it', none can undo it. Your 'So be it' is a 'So be it' of destruction, to destroy ....... Once You have said Your ...... in the assembly, no one will disperse it. Once You have made a decision ......, it cannot be changed in heaven and earth. Once You have specified approval of a place, it experiences no destruction. Once You have specified destruction for a place, it experiences no approval.

209-218 Your majesty shines in the pure heavens; the moon and the sun are Your signs. Your torch lights up the corners of heaven, turning darkness into light. ...... with fire. Your ...... refining ....... No one can lay a hand on Your precious ordinances; all Your ordinances ....... You exercise full authority over heaven and earth; You hold everything in Your hand. Lord, You are magnificent, no one can walk before You. Who is like You in gathering together ...... in heaven and earth? You are magnificent, Your name is praised, You alone are magnificent!

219-242 I am En-hedu-ana, the high priestess, Your servant. ......

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243-253 Advice ......, grief, bitterness ......, 'alas' ....... My Lord, ...... mercy ...... compassion ...... I am Yours! This will always be so! May Your heart be soothed towards me! May Your understanding ...... compassion. May ...... in front of You, may it be my offering. Your majesty is resplendent in the Land! My body has experienced Your great punishment. Lament, bitterness, sleeplessness, distress, separation ......, mercy, compassion, care, lenience and homage are Yours, and to cause flooding, to open hard ground and to turn darkness into light.

254-263 My Lord, let me proclaim Your magnificence in all lands, and Your glory! Let me praise Your ways and greatness! Who rivals You in majesty? Who can compare with Your rites? May Your mercy say "It is enough!". May the great angels, by Your leave, calm Your anger.

264-271 They proclaim Your magnificence. A great destiny belongs to You throughout the entire universe. Lord, You are magnificent, You are great! O God, You are magnificent, You are great! My Lord, Your magnificence is resplendent. May Your heart be restored for my sake!

272-274 Your great deeds are unparallelled, Your magnificence is praised! O God, Your praise is sweet!