Walk the straight path, go upon the course permanently fixed for you.
Shamash, judge of the world, determiner of its decisions art thou.
The following delightful fragment of a hymn to Shamash seems to belong even more to Nature’s out of doors than the preceding hymn:
[Beginning of tablet broken.]
Lord, illuminator of the darkness, opener of the face of [heaven][43]
Merciful God, who raisest up the lowly, who protectest the weak,
For thy light wait the great gods
The Annunaki all of them gaze upon thy face
The mortals all together as a single individual thou leadest.
Expectant with raised head they look for the light of the sun;