BABYLONIAN PENITENTIAL PSALMS
(I)[1]
O that the anger of my lord’s heart would be pacified!
O that the god who is unknown would be pacified!
O that the goddess who is unknown would be pacified!
O that the god known or unknown would be pacified!
O that the goddess known or unknown would be pacified!
O that the heart of my god would be pacified!
O that the heart of my goddess would be pacified!
O that the god or goddess known or unknown would be pacified!
O that the god who is wroth with me would be pacified!
O that the goddess who is wroth with me would be pacified!
The sin which I have committed I know not,
My misdeeds I know not.
May my god name a favourable name!
May my goddess name a favourable name!
May the god known or unknown name a favourable name!
May the goddess known or unknown name a favourable name!
Clean food have I . . . eaten,
Clear water have I . . . drunk.
The unclean . . ., my god, have I unwittingly eaten,
Upon the impure . . ., my goddess, have I unwittingly trodden.
- ↑ The text is published in Rawlinson, iv. (2nd ed.), Pl. 1O, and transliterated and translated by Zimmern in Babylonische Busspsalmen, pp. 61 ff. See also Jastrow, Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens, ii., pp. 1O1 ff.
