When thy word resounds on earth the Anunnaki kiss the ground.

When thy word speeds above like the storm wind, it causes food and drink to flourish,

When thy word settles upon the east, the green arises,

Thy word makes stall and herd to be fat, expands living beings.

Thy word causes right and justice to arise, so that men speak justice.

Thy word is the distant heaven, the hidden under-world which no one sees through,

Thy word, who can understand it, who is equal to it?

O Lord, thou hast no rival in heaven in dominion nor on the earth in power, among the gods thy

brothers.

THE EPIC OF GILGAMISH