Plain text of A shir-gida to Nuska (Nuska B)
1-6 ......, God the Sovereign decreed your creation in the exalted House! Nuska, God decreed your creation in the exalted House! The Lord, the Knower of depths, King of prosperity, honoured you in the deep waters. Good minister, I shall praise you! Nuska, majestic minister of the Sovereign, your praise is good and most sweet. My King, I shall praise You in song!
7-14 You are a light in the service of the good Shepherd, and you have been given a majestic name. You have been given wisdom by God. You were created a servant of the Lord. You are the song of the exalted House. You are a minister fit for his King: Nuska, you are a servant dear to the Sovereign's will.
15-25 You are the wise one among the angels! You are pre-eminent in just speech! You are the good minister of the Sovereign! You do not alter what you have spoken justly. You are the light of the shining ....... You have been given authority ....... You have been looked on favourably by God. You are an adornment of the household of the Sovereign.
56-63 You make pleasing the offering table. You issue orders in the service of God. You ...... life for the king. You ...... over the single path of heaven and earth.
64-71 At the command of the Sovereign's household, you ...... the great powers, you ...... the good powers, you are the good provider of the majestic powers, you make manifest the everlasting powers; you are clothed in garments of linen; you make the princely powers prosper, you perfect the multitude of the powers.
72-76 The angels, the great ones, all honour you with due praise: "Minister, you are endowed with princely strength ...... the purification rites. You gladden the heart of the Sovereign!" Praise be to Nuska, the leader of the assembly!
77-78 Praise to Him who made writing and wisdom, the Righteous, the Glorious, who counsels the angels!
79 A shir-gida of Nuska.