Psalm 69:30 – I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
On Day 5 we talked about singing our thanks to God. This verse focuses on singing praise for the names of God.
One of my professors in college challenged us to be creative when looking for the names of God in Scripture. He believed that when we see the acts of God, we recognize the character of God and then we can apply that name to God.
It helps us to identify these names and understand Who God is because of what He does.
In Chapter 69, there are really so many names we can find, so I’ll just do a sampling of them. I encourage you to dig in and find some names for yourself.
- Verse 1 – The Saver
- Verse 3 – My God
- Verse 5 – The Knower of my foolishness
- Verse 5 – The Sin See-er
- Verse 6 – O LORD GOD of hosts
- Verse 6 – O God of Israel
- Verse 9 – The Reproached One
- Verse 13 – O Lord
- Verse 13 – Merciful
- Verse 13 – The Hearer
- Verse 13 – The Truth
- Verse 13 – Salvation
- Verse 14 – The Deliverer
- Verse 14 – Unsinkable
- Verse 16 – The Loving and Kind One
- Verse 16 – The Tender One
- Verse 17 – The Unhidden Face
- Verse 17 – The Hasty Hearer
- Verse 18 – The Draw-er Nigh-er
- Verse 18 – The Redeemer
- Verse 19 – The Knower
And truly, the list grows much larger as you read through the chapter!
When we begin to see these names of God, we learn how God works. We start to know His character.
David asks the Lord to “draw nigh unto my soul” because he knows that it’s the character of God to do so. It’s the nature of God is to draw us (to pull along; to cause to move forward by force) nigh (near; not distant or remote; easy to be obtained or learned; ready to support, to forgive, to aid or defend) to Himself.
Now that is certainly a name of God that I can sing about! Songs like the following one magnify (make great by representation) God by thanking Him for Who He is:
“I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like Thine can peace afford.
I need Thee every hour, stay Thou near by; temptations lose their pow’r when Thou art nigh.
I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain; come quickly and abide, or life is vain.
I need Thee every hour, most holy One; O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son.
I need Thee, O I need Thee; every hour I need Thee! O bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee!”
I Need Thee Every Hour by Annie S. Hawks
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