Ramman in his fury, the earth trembles;
The great mountains break to pieces before him.
Before his anger, before his fury,
Before his roaring, before his thunder;
The gods of heaven to heaven ascend;
The gods of earth to earth retire;
To the heights of heaven they penetrate;
Into the depths of the earth they enter.
In Marduk No. 4, following the hymnal invocation of six lines addressed in the second person to the deity, there is a section of fifteen lines making up the rest of the hymn, and extolling the greatness of Marduk, especially his might in war. When he attacks, the heavens above and the earth beneath are troubled; the gods flee; his weapons flash forth and destroy mountains. However the hymn is not a narrative of any event. Though the language is of a myth, yet the poem is not in its nature an epic. It is recited not to inspire interest, but to arouse enthusiasm for the deity. It is thus, along with Ramman No. 1, more hymnal in character than the narrative portions in Nergal No. 7 and Ramman No. 2:
The direction of conflict and battle is in the hands of Marduk, the leader of the gods;