HYMN TO ATEN

Did Akhenaten himself authored this hymn in praise of Aten? Notice the resemblance to Psalm 104.

O thou great living Aten... Lord of heaven and
earth... thoug risest beautiful on the horizon of
heaven... shining on the eastern horizon,
having filled every land with thy beauty!
Thou hast made the heaven afar off in order to
shine in it.
Thou has made the seasons in order to nurture
all that thou has made.
Thou settest on the western horizon and the
land is in darkness in the manner of death.
Every lion comes forth from his den and all the
serpents bite.
Dawn comes only when thou risest on the
horizon.

The whole world, people do their jobs.
The fish in the river leap before thee; thy rays are
within the sea.
Ships sail both north and south.
Thou settest each one in his place, thou
providest their needs - each one with his
food.
How manifold is what thou hast done.