—Hymn to Sin No. 5.
More wonderful still, the word has ethical power:
Thy word causest truth and righteousness to arise,
That men may speak the truth.
—Hymn to Sin line 26.
The word also exerts its destructive power in nature:
Thy word when it extends to the sea the very sea is frightened;
Thy word when it extends to the marsh, the marsh laments.
—Hymn to Sin No. 4.
Thy word is a lofty net which over heaven and earth thou spreadest out: