Psalms 44 (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 44 (WEB)

For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

1We have heard with our ears, God;

our fathers have told us what work you did in their days,

in the days of old.

2You drove out the nations with your hand,

but you planted them.

You afflicted the peoples,

but you spread them abroad.

3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,

neither did their own arm save them;

but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,

because you were favorable to them.

4God, you are my King.

Command victories for Jacob!

5Through you, we will push down our adversaries.

Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.

6For I will not trust in my bow,

neither will my sword save me.

7But you have saved us from our adversaries,

and have shamed those who hate us.

8In God we have made our boast all day long.

We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,

and don’t go out with our armies.

10You make us turn back from the adversary.

Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.

11You have made us like sheep for food,

and have scattered us among the nations.

12You sell your people for nothing,

and have gained nothing from their sale.

13You make us a reproach to our neighbors,

a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

14You make us a byword among the nations,

a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15All day long my dishonor is before me,

and shame covers my face,

16at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,

because of the enemy and the avenger.

17All this has come on us,

yet we haven’t forgotten you.

We haven’t been false to your covenant.

18Our heart has not turned back,

neither have our steps strayed from your path,

19though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,

and covered us with the shadow of death.

20If we have forgotten the name of our God,

or spread out our hands to a strange god,

21won’t God search this out?

For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.

We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

23Wake up!

Why do you sleep, Lord?

Arise!

Don’t reject us forever.

24Why do you hide your face,

and forget our affliction and our oppression?

25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.

Our body clings to the earth.

26Rise up to help us.

Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

God