Victory Over Enemies

[From Lepsius, “Todtenbuch,” Bl. 25.]

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF GAINING THE MASTERY OVER
ENEMIES.

“Hail, [thou] who shinest from the Moon and who sendest forth light
therefrom, thou comest forth among thy multitudes, and thou goest round
about, let me rise,” or (as others say), “let me be brought in among the
_Khu_s, and let the underworld be opened [unto me]. Behold, I have come
forth on this day, and I have become a _Khu_ (or a shining being);
therefore shall the _Khu_s let me live, and they shall cause my enemies to
be brought to me in a state of misery in the presence of the divine
sovereign princes. The divine _ka_ (double) of my mother shall rest in
peace because of this, and I shall stand upon my feet and have a staff of
gold,” or (as others say), “a rod of gold in my hand, wherewith I shall
inflict cuts on the limbs [of mine enemy] and shall live. The legs of
Sothis are stablished, and I am born in their state of rest.”