The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise

by Charles Gordon Cumming

Yahwe thy name is forever,

Yahwe thy remembrance to generation and generation.

—Psalm 135:13.

It may be significant also, that, while the name of the Assyrian and the Hebrew deity is great and glorious and terrible, universally known and never to be forgotten, it is said only of the Hebrew deity, that his name is holy:

For in Him doth our heart rejoice,

For in His Holy Name do we trust.

—Psalm 33:21.

Bless my soul Yahwe, and all that is within me His Holy name.

—Psalm 103:1.

While both Assyrian and Hebrew hymns exalt the name of the deity, there is no passage in any Assyrian hymn, revealing such enthusiasm on the part of an individual, for the name of the god as Psalm 145:1b: