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Plain text of A Hymn to the Avenger (Nergal B)

1-8 Hero, majestic, awe-inspiring, battering like a storm and roaring against the rebel lands! Immense at his front, at his rear surging as a flood, after he ......, ...... this place; inspiring terrifying awe, his magnificent strength not releasing the hostile land, his luxuriant horn ...... in the Land, struck ...... with weapons.

9-12 ......, great ......, ...... flood ......; He has positioned you in your heroic strength.

13-16 Raising his head, authoritative with a ringing voice, knowing the powers of all, ...... of the Land, he orders everything.

17-27 When ...... you command the storm which flattens the hostile land, you pour dust over its evil; you pour it over for as long as it disobeys. You are the great hero of the lands, you speak ......, you go ...... where no foot has previously been placed. ...... like a vessel with seven spouts. The black-headed gather together at the front. You outpace the pigeons with ....... You outpace the black and white locusts.

28-35 ...... in the hushed streets, your ...... awesomeness covers the city. The majestic and just crown ...... your awesomeness. The ...... is a south wind that none can withstand. At the most precious place, you exercise kingship! Directing a noble gaze, you exercise kingship in the Land!

36-49 The angels stepped forward: "Hero, you are the lord who has made the bandits come forth from the mountains. No part of a foreign land escapes your grasp. Hero, you piled up the enemies of the righteous in a single day. Hating ......, ...... as fire, you rise up in the lands where the sun rises." ...... "Like ...... cracks ......, ......, you are the Avenger!"

50-57 ...... Praising You is sweet.