"God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and show us the light of His countenance, and be merciful unto us;
"That Thy way may be known upon earth: Thy saving health among all nations.
"Let the people praise Thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise Thee.
"O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for Thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
"Let the people praise Thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise
Thee."
"Thou shalt govern the nations upon earth." That had been Akhnaton's mission, to preach these words, to tell the people that God, and man's understanding of His Love, must rule the world.
"Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own
God, shall give us His blessing."
Akhnaton had sung his Hymn of Praise in his temples and in the pleasure-courts of his city in almost the very same words.
Confident that righteousness would triumph, that God's world-kingdom had come, he suffered the wrath of his military commanders, who were watching the breaking-up of his kingdom in far-off Syria.
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