El Shaddai

El Shaddai
	Amy Grant
Album	Age To Age
Released	1982
Length	4:08
Label	Myrrh Records
Genre	Contemporary Christian
Written by	Michael Card, Jack Thompson
Produced by	Brown Bannister
Last single	Sing Your Praise to the Lord
Next single	In a Little While

El Shaddai is well known song by Amy Grant.

Lyrics[]

Lyrics

El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
El-Elyon na Adonai,
Age to age you're still the same,
By the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
Erkamka na Adonai,
We will praise and lift you high,
El Shaddai.

Through your love and through the ram,
You saved the son of Abraham;
Through the power of your hand,
You turned the sea into dry land.
To the outcast on her knees,
You were the God who really see,
And by your might you set your children free.

El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
El-Elyon na Adonai,
Age to age you're still the same,
By the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
Erkamka na Adonai,
We will praise and lift you high,
El Shaddai.

Through the years you made it clear,
That the time of Christ was near,
Though the people couldn't see
What Messiah ought to be
Though your Word contained the plan,
They just would not understand
Your most awesome work was done
In the frailty of your Son.

El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
El-Elyon na Adonai,
Age to age you're still the same,
By the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
Erkamka na Adonai,
I will praise you 'till I die
El Shaddai.

El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
El-Elyon na Adonai,
Age to age You're still the same,
By the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai,
Erkahmka na Adonai,
I will praise you 'till I die.
El Shaddai.

Translation of Hebrew lyrics[]

El Shaddai, as previously mentioned, is most often translated as "God Almighty."

El-Elyon na Adonai is a combination of two names for God, meaning "God Most High, O Lord" (na is a particle of entreaty, sometimes translated "please" but often left untranslated).

Erkamka na Adonai is taken from Psalm 18:1 (except for the "na," which is added) and is normally translated "I love you (ארחמך), O Lord." Psalm 18:1 is the only place that the Hebrew Bible uses this verb for love in the Qal stem; this is normally an Aramaic usage. Hebrew uses this verb in the Piel stem.

For more information on the translation, refer to this thread on the Michael Card discussion forum.

Chart positions[]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"El Shaddai"	Billboard Christian	1

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