His word when it goes below destroys the land.
Warrior Nergal, below he commands below he tramples underfoot
His word when there are five in a house drives out five;
Warrior Nergal when there are ten in a house drives out ten.
The word of the lord when it hastens on high I am troubled;
The word of the lord because of its destructiveness I sit and lament.
At his word on high the heavens become dark, mighty is his word.
It has also been observed in the chapter on Hymnal Introductions, that in Nebo No. 1 there was a couplet, and in Ninib No. 1 there was a hymnal line, both in praise of the sanctuary, and both addressed in the second person to deity. Furthermore there is in the hymn to Marduk No. 4, reproduced above in this chapter a line in praise of the temple in Ekur:
In Ekur, the house of festivals, is thy name exalted.
Beyond this we have, however two hymnal fragments, which so far as they remain to us, are devoted to the praise of sanctuaries. The first of these is Marduk No. 7: