Lyrics
Verse (x2)
Generations after generations
Keep praising You, yet no word sums You up
Then I ask the Lord, what name fits You?
And He said "Yah"
Chorus (x2)
Yah, the hallowed one
Yah, the holy one
Yahweh, the King of Zion
Verse (Repeat) (x2)
Generations after generations
Keep praising You, yet no word sums You up
Then I ask the Lord, what name fits You?
And He said "Yah"
Chorus (Repeat) (x10)
Yah, the hallowed one
Yah, the holy one
Yahweh, the King of Zion
Outro (x7)
Then I ask the Lord, what name fits You?
And He said "Yah"
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Yah” by Dunsin Oyekan is a short worship chant built on a question: after generations of praise, “no word sums You up,” so the singer asks the Lord what name fits Him. The answer given in the song is “Yah,” followed by “the hallowed one, the holy one, Yahweh, the King of Zion.”
The name Yah appears in Psalm 68:4, which calls the people to sing to God and extol Him by His name Yah, and in Exodus 15:2. The phrase “King of Zion” is close to Psalm 149:2. The idea that no word is enough to describe God recalls Isaiah 6:3, where the cry of “holy” is repeated.
The lyric is mostly repetition, with the same chorus returning many times, so it works as a sustained act of adoration in which the congregation lingers on the name of God. The message is reverence for His holiness and kingship.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 68:4 Extol Him by His name Yah
- Isaiah 6:3 Holy, holy, holy
- Psalm 149:2 Children of Zion rejoice in their King