Note 520 — Chapter VI · THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONARCHY (continued 3)
Reading edition
See my Hibbert Lectures on the Religion of the Ancient Babylonians, pp. 348-356. Thus we read:—
‘O lord, my sins are many, my transgressions are great!
O my goddess, my sins are many, my transgressions are great!
The sin that I sinned I knew not.
The transgression I committed I knew not.
The cursed thing that I ate I knew not.
The cursed thing that I trampled on I knew not.
The lord in the wrath of his heart has regarded me;
God in the fierceness of his heart has revealed himself to me.
I sought for help and none took my hand;
I wept and none stood at my side;
I cried aloud and there was none that heard me.
I am in trouble and hiding; I dare not look up.
To my god, the merciful one, I turn myself, I utter my prayer;
O my god, seven times seven are my transgressions; forgive my sins!
O my goddess, seven times seven are my transgressions; forgive my sins!’