CHAPTER XIV.

[From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter (Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I. Bl. 18).]
Vignette: This Chapter has no vignette either in the Theban or in the Saite Recension.
Text: (1) THe CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO ANY SHAME THAT MAY BE IN THE HEART OF THE GOD for the chief deputy of Amen, [the scribe] Mes-em-neter, victorious, [who saith :—]
“Hymns of praise to thee, O thou god who makest “the moment to advance, (2) thou dweller among “mysteries of every kind, thou guardian of the word “which I speak. Behold, the god hath shame of me, “but let my faults be washed away and let them fall “(3) upon both hands of the god of Right and Truth,
Ch xiv.5] PRAYER FOR PEACE WITH THE GOD 63
“Do away utterly with the transgression which is in “me, together with [my] wickedness and sinfulness, O “god of Right and Truth. May this god be at peace “with me! Do away utterly with the (4) obstacles “which are between thee and me. O thou to whom “offerings are made in the divine [city] of Kenur,! grant “thou that I may bring to thee the offerings which will “make peace [between thee and men] whereon thou “livest, and that I also may live thereon. Be thou at “peace (5) with me and do away utterly with all the “shame of me which thou hast in thy heart because “of me.”