"Hail to you, gods! I know you, I know your names. I shall not fall in fear of you, You shall not accuse me of crime to this god whom you follow! No misfortune shall befall me on your account! You shall speak rightly about me before the All-Lord, For I have acted rightly in Egypt. I have not cursed a god, I have not been faulted. [...] Behold me, I have come to you, Without sin, without guilt, without evil, Without a witness against me, Without one whom I have wronged. I live on maat, I feed on maat, I have done what people speak of, What the gods are pleased with, I have contented a god with what he wishes. I have given bread to the hungry, Water to the thirsty, Clothes to the naked, A ferryboat to the boatless. I have given divine offerings to the gods, Invocation-offerings to the dead. Rescue me, protect me, Do not accuse me before the great god!I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands, One to whom "welcome" is said by those who see him."
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"The Address to the Gods", translated by Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, vol. 2: The New Kingdom (U of California P, 1976) p. 128
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