Lyrics
Chorus
Jehovah Shammah
I see You everywhere
Blessed Redeemer
Your Glory fills the Earth
Everlasting Father
The One Who watches me
I put my confidence in Jehovah Shammah
Chorus (Repeat)
(Jehovah)
Jehovah Shammah
I see You everywhere
(See You Everywhere)
Blessed Redeemer
(Blessed Redeemer)
Your Glory fills the Earth
(fills the earth)
Everlasting Father
The One Who watches me
I put my confidence
(alone)
in Jehovah Shammah
(Jehovah Shammah oh Jehovah Shammah)
Chorus (Repeat)
Jehovah Shammah
(Jehovah Shammah)
I see You everywhere
(See You Everywhere)
Blessed Redeemer
(Blessed Redeemer)
Your Glory fills the Earth
(fills the earth)
Everlasting Father
(Father)
The One Who watches me
(watches me)
I put my confidence (alone) in Jehovah Shammah
Chorus (Call and Response)
(Jehovah Shammah)
Jehovah Shammah
(Omemma le)
I see You everywhere
(Blessed Redeemer)
Blessed Redeemer
(Ekwueme)
Your Glory fills the Earth
(Ebube gi juru Igwe ó)
Everlasting Father
(Chukwu okike)
The One Who watches me
(ooh ooh oh oh oh oh)
I put my confidence in Jehovah Shammah
Igbo Verse
Jehovah mme
Jehovah Shammah
(in Igbo)
Oloro ihe loro enyi le
Agu bata mgbada a'wara ósò
Okwagi bu dike na dimkpa na'agha
Chorus (Repeat)
Everlasting Father
(Father, Omemma)
The One Who watches me
(oooh hoo)
I put my confidence (Eze nara otito muo) in Jehovah Shammah
Igbo Section
A ga m e ji gini kele gi maka nduoma nke Iyere muo
Onye na echebe ndu m
Okwa gi bu Chioma nke nedu m ije
Jehovah Shammah
Everlasting Father
I put my confidence (my confidence) never never fail
Onye n'eme mma (Onye n'eme mma o)
nara mbulielu (I put my confidence)
nara ekele m o, E mere nwanyi aga muo nwa
(eeheeh)
Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah Shammah(the one who watches me)
E n'ahuta m e
I put my confidence in Jehovah Shammah
(Jehovah Shammah)
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Jehovah Shammah – I Put My Confidence” by Nathaniel Bassey is a worship song that names God by titles and answers each with trust. Jehovah Shammah, a Hebrew name meaning “the LORD is there,” opens the song and is paired with “I see You everywhere,” while Blessed Redeemer, Everlasting Father, and “the One who watches me” fill out the picture of a God who is near and attentive.
The repeated line “Your glory fills the earth” is close to Isaiah 6:3, and the name Jehovah Shammah comes from Ezekiel 48:35, which gives it as the name of the city. The line “I put my confidence in Jehovah Shammah” is the response of the whole song and is close to Psalm 118:8-9, which says it is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in people.
Later sections move into Igbo, with call and response between the lead and answering voices, where the English titles are repeated alongside Igbo praise. The song’s focus is God’s presence and the believer’s confidence in Him.
Related Scripture
- Ezekiel 48:35 “The LORD is there,” the meaning of Jehovah Shammah
- Isaiah 6:3 “The whole earth is full of his glory”
- Psalm 118:8-9 Better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in people