n unto thee, bowing low and paying homage unto
thee, and they praise thee day by day; the gods of Amentet rejoice in thy
splendid beauties. The hidden places adore thee, the aged ones make
offerings unto thee, and they create for thee protecting powers. The
divine beings who dwell in the eastern and western horizons transport
thee, and those who are in the _Sektet_ boat convey thee round and about.
The Souls of Amentet cry out unto thee and say unto thee when they meet
thy majesty (Life, Health, Strength!), 'All hail, all hail!' When thou
comest forth in peace there arise shouts of delight to thee, O thou lord
of heaven, thou Prince of Amentet. Thy mother Isis embraceth thee, and in
thee she recognizeth her son, the lord of fear, the mighty one of terror.
Thou settest as a living being within the dark portal. Thy father Tatunen
lifteth thee up and he stretcheth out his two hands behind thee; thou
becomest a divine being in the earth. Thou wakest as thou settest, and thy
habitation is in Manu. Grant thou that I may be venerated before Osiris,
and come thou [to me], O Ra-Tem. Since thou hast been adored [by me] that
which I wish thou shalt do for me day by day. Grant thou victory [unto me]
before the great company of the gods, O Ra who art doubly beautiful in thy
horizon of Amentet, thou lord of Maat who dwellest in the horizon. The
fear of thee is great, thy forms are majestic, and the love of thee is
great among those who dwell in the underworld."

Hymn To The Setting Sun

[From a Papyrus of the nineteenth dynasty preserved at Dublin (see
Naville, "Todtenbuch," Bd. I. Bl. 19).]

A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA-HERU-KHUTI (RA-HARMACHIS) WHEN HE SETTETH IN THE
WESTERN PART OF HEAVEN. He (_i.e._, the deceased) saith:

"Homage to thee, O Ra [who] in thy sitting art Tem-Heru-khuti
(Tem-Harmachis), thou divine god, thou self-created being, thou primeval
matter [from which all things were made]. When [thou] appearest in the
bows of [thy] bark men shout for joy at thee, O maker of the gods! Thou
didst stretch out the heavens wherein thy two eyes(14) might travel, thou
didst make the earth to be a vast chamber for thy Khus, so that every man
might know his fellow. The _Sektet_ boat is glad, and the _Matet_ boat
rejoiceth; and they greet thee with exaltation as thou journeyest along.
The god Nu is content, and thy mariners are satisfied; the uraeus-goddess
hath overthrown thine enemies, and thou hast carried off the legs of Apep