The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise

by Charles Gordon Cumming

For I know that Yahwe is great,

Even our Lord than all gods.

—Psalm 135:5.

For a great God is Yahwe,

And a great King over all gods.

—Psalm 95:3.

For great is Yahwe, and to be praised exceedingly;

Terrible is He above all gods.

—Psalm 96:4.

Also the existence of many gods is implied in the rhetorical questions common to the Assyrian and Hebrew hymns. Assyrian: