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Plain text of A hymn to God, the Light of Heaven (Inana D)

1-8 Great light, always speaking words of assent! O God, great light of heaven, who always speaks words of assent! As the morning star rises in the morning sky like a flame visible from afar, and at its bright appearance in the evening sky, the shepherd (i.e. the king) entrusts the flocks of Sumer to You. Celestial sign, ...... glory of heaven! All the countries are building a house of worship for You as for the risen sun; a shining torch is assigned to the light of the Land.

9-10 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

11-19 When bright ...... had raised its head in the Land, and when ...... with ......, ...... has brought the numerous ...... to You. They raise ...... to Your ......; kids ...... are ordered, and the place of calm has been arranged. You spread a sense of awe perceptibly throughout the Land.

20-21 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

44-56 O God, in heaven lightning is Your sign, on earth Your command moves swiftly ...... against the foreign land that You are angry with, ....... When in Your precinct You regulate the divine ordinances of heaven, and cause awe of You to reach up to the heavens, ...... placing Your command on Your ordinances, and dividing them ......

56-57 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

58-65 When with the storm You reduce everything to a mere shadow, when You cause the rain to fall all day long, ......

77-78 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

79-87 O God, when You give judgement; when You decide destinies on earth, when You make storm-floods wash over everything in Your destructiveness, then the great priests ......, then the people humble themselves before You.

88-92 The young men fastened in neck-stocks plead before You, the mother of the sick lays her child before You in prayer, the mother of the uprooted ...... in Your great hall. You cut the ...... of the weak, You release the weak.

93-94 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

118-125 In the evening, when the stars return together again and when the sun enters his chamber, when in heaven awesomeness is diffused like fire, ....... You go from moonlight to star, You go from star to moonlight.

126-127 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

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The slavegirl ...... her mistress. ...... her house and property. ...... her child.

144-145 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

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...... You are great.

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The levy of troops is brought into the broad square like a crouching dragon. The young woman abandons the temple, destroying it like my ....... The young man who has come to know Your eminence makes a gesture of obeisance.

159-160 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!

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...... has presented ...... to You there. Your position ....... If ...... beside the place, then the evil spirits oppose it.

191-192 O God, You are the Lord of all the ordinances, and nothing can compete with You. Let me tell of Your grandeur!