By Unknown Poet (4,000 BC, Babylonian)
The unconsecrated foe entered my courts,
placed his unwashed hands upon me,
and caused me to tremble.
Putting forth his hand
He smote me with fear.
He tore away my robe
and clothed his wife therein;
he stripped off my jewels
and placed them upon his daughter.
Like a quivering dove upon a beam
I sat.
Like a fleeing bird from my cranny
swiftly I passed
from my temple.
Like a bird
they caused me to fly.
