Chaldean Hymns to the Sun: Second Hymn

Lord, illuminator of the darkness, who piercest the face of darkness,
merciful god, who settest up those that are bowed down, who sustainest the weak,
toward the light the great gods direct their glances,
the archangels of the abyss, every one of them, contemplate eagerly thy face.
The language of praise, as one word, thou directest it.
The host of their heads seeks the light of the Sun in the South.
Like a bridegroom thou restest joyful and gracious.
In thy illumination thou dost reach afar to the boundaries of heaven.
Thou art the banner of the vast earth.
O God! the men who dwell afar off contemplate thee and rejoice.
The great gods fix ...
Nourisher of the luminous heavens, who favorest ...
He who has not turned his hands (toward thee ...
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