0 Jehovah Jireh

I wrote this song on September 30, 2006.

The name of God as our provider, Jehovah-jireh, is found in Genesis when God tests Abraham’s faith by asking him to offer his only son, Isaac, upon the altar. Since we don’t really know the exact spelling of YHWH in the Hebrew phrase יְהוָה יִרְאֶה, some also use Yahweh-yireh (see Tetragrammaton YHWH).

The translation of this name for God is literally, The Lord Who Sees, or The Lord Who Will See To It. Newer translations such as the NIV use The Lord Will Provide. He sees to it that our needs are met, even before we know to ask for them! And he knows what those needs are because he is “The Lord Who Sees”.
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