Psalms 102 (WEB)

God

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LORD, Lord, Father, hosts, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, last, JEHOVAH, Judge, father, lawgiver, Fathers, dayspring, host, Ancient
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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Psalms 102 (WEB)

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

1Hear my prayer, Yahweh!

Let my cry come to you.

2Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.

Turn your ear to me.

Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

3For my days consume away like smoke.

My bones are burned as a torch.

4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,

for I forget to eat my bread.

5By reason of the voice of my groaning,

my bones stick to my skin.

6I am like a pelican of the wilderness.

I have become as an owl of the waste places.

7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

8My enemies reproach me all day.

Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

9For I have eaten ashes like bread,

and mixed my drink with tears,

10because of your indignation and your wrath;

for you have taken me up and thrown me away.

11My days are like a long shadow.

I have withered like grass.

12But you, Yahweh, will remain forever;

your renown endures to all generations.

13You will arise and have mercy on Zion,

for it is time to have pity on her.

Yes, the set time has come.

14For your servants take pleasure in her stones,

and have pity on her dust.

15So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name,

all the kings of the earth your glory.

16For Yahweh has built up Zion.

He has appeared in his glory.

17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,

and has not despised their prayer.

18This will be written for the generation to come.

A people which will be created will praise Yah,

19for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.

From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,

20to hear the groans of the prisoner,

to free those who are condemned to death,

21that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion,

and his praise in Jerusalem,

22when the peoples are gathered together,

the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

23He weakened my strength along the course.

He shortened my days.

24I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.

Your years are throughout all generations.

25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.

The heavens are the work of your hands.

26They will perish, but you will endure.

Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

27But you are the same.

Your years will have no end.

28The children of your servants will continue.

Their offspring will be established before you.”

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