Psalms 147 (WEB)

God

Also called
LORD, Lord, Father, hosts, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, last, JEHOVAH, Judge, father, lawgiver, Fathers, dayspring, host, Ancient
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Children AdamEve

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 147 (WEB)

1Praise Yah,

for it is good to sing praises to our God;

for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.

He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

3He heals the broken in heart,

and binds up their wounds.

4He counts the number of the stars.

He calls them all by their names.

5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.

His understanding is infinite.

6Yahweh upholds the humble.

He brings the wicked down to the ground.

7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.

Sing praises on the harp to our God,

8who covers the sky with clouds,

who prepares rain for the earth,

who makes grass grow on the mountains.

9He provides food for the livestock,

and for the young ravens when they call.

10He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse.

He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who hope in his loving kindness.

12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!

Praise your God, Zion!

13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.

He has blessed your children within you.

14He makes peace in your borders.

He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

15He sends out his commandment to the earth.

His word runs very swiftly.

16He gives snow like wool,

and scatters frost like ashes.

17He hurls down his hail like pebbles.

Who can stand before his cold?

18He sends out his word, and melts them.

He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19He shows his word to Jacob,

his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

20He has not done this for just any nation.

They don’t know his ordinances.

Praise Yah!

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