In a number of instances the refrain of the Assyrian hymn occurs in the first third or half of the line, and the occurrence of the double refrain is also frequent:
She who in the days of long ago in the earth was magnified am I;
Ishtar who in the earth is magnified am I.
—Hymn to Ishtar No. 5.
No such skill in the use of the double refrain is shown, however, as in Psalm 107.
Yet another feature common to Assyrian and Hebrew hymn is the prominence of the rhetorical question:
O Lord who is like thee, who can be compared to thee?
Mighty One who is like thee, who can be compared to thee?
—Hymn to Sin No. 3.
Who is equal to me, me?