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“He who reaches them without having done wrong Will exist there like a god. Free-striding like the lords forever!”

Forever Wrong Exist Lords

Book:Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

“Lo, justice flees from you. Expelled from its seat! The magistrates do wrong, Right-dealing is bent sideways, The judges snatch what has been stolen.”

Justice Wrong Stolen Judges Snatch

Author:Miriam Lichtheim

“Though the face of the steersman is forward, the boat drifts as it pleases. Though the king is in the palace, though the rudder is in your hand, wrong is done around you. Long is my plea, heavy my task, “What is the matter with him ?“ people ask. Be a shelter, make safe your shore, See how your quay is infested with crocodiles! Straighten your tongue, let it not stray, A serpent is this limb of man. Don’t tell lies, warn the magistrates, Greasy baskets are the judges.”

Wrong Serpent Hand Tell Judges Warn Rudder Steersman

Book:Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

“If you avert your face from violence, who then shall punish wrong doing ?”

Violence Wrong Punish

Book:Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms