Merciful one among the gods
Merciful one who loves the awakening of the dead.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 7.
Shamash, to give life to the dead, to loosen the captive is in thy hand.
—Hymn to Shamash No. 6.
Thou leadest him that is without a leader, the man that is in need:
Thou graspeth the hand of the weak;
Thou raisest up him that is bowed down;
The body of the man that has been brought to the lower world thou dost restore.
—Hymn to Ninib No. 1.