palace, the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, walk in the
valley of darkness, let him not enter into the Lake of those who are evil,
and let him have no existence among the damned, even for a moment. Let not
the Osiris Nu fall headlong among those who would lead him captive, and
let not [his] soul go in among them. Let his divine face take possession
of the place behind the block, the block of the god Septu."
"Hymns of praise be unto you, O ye divine beings of the Thigh, the knives
of God [work] in secret, and the two arms and hands of God cause the light
to shine; it is doubly pleasant unto him to lead the old unto him along
with the young at his season. Now, behold, the god Thoth dwelleth within
his hidden places, and he performeth the ceremonies of libation unto the
god who reckoneth millions of years, and he maketh a way through the
firmament, and he doeth away with storms and whirlwinds from his
stronghold, and the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, arriveth in the places of his
habitations. [O ye divine beings of the Thigh], do ye away with his
sorrow, and his suffering, and his pain, and may the sorrow of the Osiris
Nu be altogether put away. Let the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace,
the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, gratify Ra, let him make a way into
the horizon of Ra, let his boat be made ready for him, let him sail on
happily, and let Thoth put light into [his] heart; then shall the Osiris
Nu, triumphant, praise and glorify Ra, and Ra shall hearken unto his
words, and he shall beat down the obstacles which come from his enemies. I
have not been shipwrecked, I have not been turned back in the horizon, for
I am Ra-Osiris, and the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, shall not be shipwrecked in the Great Boat. Behold
him whose face is in the god of the Thigh, because the name of Ra is in
the body of the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, and his honor is in his mouth; he shall speak unto
Ra, and Ra shall hearken unto his words."
"Hymns of praise unto thee, O Ra, in the horizon, and homage unto thee, O
thou that purifiest with light the denizens of heaven, O thou who hast
sovereign power over heaven at that supreme moment when the paddles of
thine enemies move with thee! The Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace,
the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, cometh with the ordering of right and
truth, for there is a
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