And thy right hand hold me.
If I say: Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,
And the light about me shall be night,
Even the darkness hideth not from thee,
But the night shineth as the day.
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
The Supreme God as Merciful
The wise and powerful God is also the merciful one, for mercy is an attribute of the Assyrian deities as of Yahwe:
Lord of all creatures, merciful unto the lands art thou,
—Hymn to Shamash No. 1.