"I will praise the Lord of Wisdom" — a Babylonian poem of the righteous sufferer, who is afflicted with sickness, abandoned, and finally restored by Marduk. The Mesopotamian Job.
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Tradition
Akkadian wisdom poem in four tablets, Kassite or early Middle Babylonian period (c. 1300 BCE). Studied for direct structural parallels to the biblical book of Job.
Translation
Translation by Benjamin R. Foster, *Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature*, 3rd ed. (Bethesda: CDL Press, 2005), §III.14 The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer, drawing on the edition in W. G. Lambert, *Babylonian Wisdom Literature* (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960), pp. 21-62. Substantial selection from B. R. Foster's translation of all four tablets; see source edition for complete text. Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary; copyright remains with the publishers.
License
Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary. Copyright remains with the publisher.