The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise

by Charles Gordon Cumming

—Psalm 47:7.

Let peoples thank thee O God;

Let peoples all of them thank thee.

—Psalm 67:4.

The synthetical parallelism, in which the second line continues the thought of the first line is relatively common in both Assyrian and Hebrew hymns:

Bel, thy father, has granted thee,

That the law of all the gods thy hand should hold.

—Hymn to Ninib No. 1.

From all countries, so many as speak with the tongue,

Thou knowest their plans, their walk thou observest.