Israel Ezekia - Heshima Na Sifa Lyrics

"Heshima Na Sifa" is a Swahili worship chorus whose title translates as "honor and praise," the two words that make up nearly the entire song. The repeated chorus offers both directly to God, asking that they be received as a permanent gift rather than a passing gesture. Short verses interspersed between repetitions of that chorus supply the reasons for the offering, naming God as capable, sufficient, and the rock of salvation, then repeating similar titles, a firm rock, one who has strength and ability, one whose name is great. Rather than developing a narrative, the song functions as an accumulating list of reasons attached to the same repeated act of giving honor and praise. Its brevity and repetition suit a congregational setting where the phrase can be sung slowly and returned to often, letting each new title for God deepen the same simple offering rather than replace it.