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God, Lord God, Lord

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How David and the other writers of the Psalms introduce and address their work started this post. About 130 Psalms have God, Lord God, or Lord at the very beginning (verse 1). I compared this to Jesus addressing our “Father in Heaven” in the Lord’s Prayer; Jesus left no doubt Who He was talking to and where the Father was.

I noticed someone trying to denounce Hebrew because the word for God was also used with demon deities in Aramaic. No, I could not bring myself to listen to the video, but it made me think about the abuse the world heaps on the name of God/Jesus and how we Christians use the name of our Savior. Now, we can add in spellcheck, writing styles, and AI that will influence the casual writer/reader to question how we acknowledge God. The devil has diluted the name of Jesus by causing it to become associated with cursing; and adding an initial H in between Jesus and Christ does not make it or you more powerful. Ask for wisdom on how to challenge yourself and others who do that and stop it. Why should others honor His Name when His own children do not?

The thought that prompted this inquiry was – Did David start his Psalms with a particular name of God for what he was writing about? So, I started by listing all of the Psalms that were addressed to Yahweh and Elohim. I counted 48 addressed to Elohim (H430) and 87 that began with Yahweh (H 3068, 136, 113). About 20 of those use a combination of the two names. My leaf and ink Strong’s only list words by their main root word. Online text analysis and concordances will help you find specific forms of words for God and Lord, some of those are below.

My “overload” alarm went off, and I realized; if I could do my first idea that it would require more than one post. Since David was a writer and a musician, I realized he may have used various names for rhyming or musical benefits. Not being fluent in Hebrew or music, I am rethinking how to explore my question.

Here are my beginning notes. The verses are the ones that had Yahweh and Elohim. The links will take you to Bible Hub. There are other on-line reference works. Yes, I did use my leaf and ink Strong’s in finding all of the verse 1’s.

OTHER VERSES THAT FOUND ME

H410  Strong’s Hebrew: 410. אֵל (el) — God, god, mighty one  God, gods, mighty, Mighty One, God’s, power

H430  Strong’s Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — God, gods, divine beings, judges  God, gods, God’s, judges, goddess, great

H3069  Strong’s Hebrew: 3069. יְהֹוִה (Yhvh) — LORDzzz  God

Yahweh = H3068  Strong’s Hebrew: 3068. יְהֹוָה (Yhvh) — LORD, GOD, LORD’Szzz 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

H136  Strong’s Hebrew: 136. אֲדֹנָי (Adonay) — Lord, Master  Lord, lords

H113 Strong’s Hebrew: 113. אָדוֹן (adon) — Lord, master, owner  lord, master, master’s, lord’s, masters, lords