—Hymn to Sin No. 5.
Apparently the Assyrian sanctuaries were thought to be as old as the world itself, for the erection and naming of the sanctuaries is mentioned in connection with the creation of the earth:
Creator of the land, founder of sanctuaries, proclaimer of their names.
—Hymn to Sin No. 7.
But of Yahwe it is said:
Doth build up Jerusalem Yahwe;
The dispersed of Israel he gathereth together.
—Psalm 147:2.
It is not forgotten in the Assyrian hymns, that the deity gives joy to city and temple:
O Marduk the mighty who causest Itura to rejoice.