Oh, One of Wax, who takest captive and seizest with violence, and livest upon those who are motionless! Let me not become motionless before thee, let me not be paralysed before thee, let not thy venoms enter into my limbs, for my limbs are the limbs of Tmu
And if thou wouldst not be paralysed, let me not be paralysed
Let not thy languors enter these limbs of mine
I am the One who presideth over the pole of Heaven, and the powers of all the gods are my powers
I am he, whose names are hidden, and whose abodes are mysterious for all eternity
It is I who proceed from Tmu, and I am safe and sound
Apepi is the personification of the storm-cloud and, as such, is the enemy of Râ, by whom he is vanquished. As representing a natural phenomenon of irregular occurrence, he is not deified like Sutu, the Darkness of Night