Revealing Abba in the Psalms | How Jesus saw God as Abba

Revealing Abba in Psalm 44

We have heard with our ears, O Abba, what You have spoken to Your children through the prophets, of all Your wonderful works;

Prophesying, how in Me; the strength of Your hand; You will destroy and cast out the enemy that has afflicted all the people;

For they did not possess the land by their own ability, neither did they save themselves by their own hand: but by Me, Your right arm; and the light of Your face to the world; and by Your favor and everlasting kindness were they delivered;

You are My King, O Abba; You testify in Me; the deliverance of all people;
Let Us destroy the enemy; death, let Us declare Your name Abba; and testify how You trample underfoot, that which rises up against Me;

For I do not trust in My own strength; or My own ability to save Myself; but into Your hands do I commit My life Abba;

You save Me from death and put to shame and disarm that which sought to harm Me and all Your beloved;

In You Abba; do I boast all day long; and at Your right hand is praise and fullness of joy forever;

But in Your everlasting kindness did You reject man’s union to death, of trusting in the strength of their hand for life; to fight in their own strength;

You turned away from that which made them barren; and from that which sought to destroy them;

You gave them over to their own way where they were eaten, like sheep killed for food; and scattered among the enemy;

To be destroyed at the hand of the enemy for no profit;

A reproach among men, to be mocked by all around; a laughingstock;
Their shame was always before them; causing them to cover their faces, perceiving all this as Your disapproval; But it was the voice of the enemy that cursed; and the enemy that sought to cause them harm;

All this has come upon Me; yet I have not forgotten Your truth Abba; but I ever trust in Your promise;

My heart is not moved; neither have My steps turned back from Your truth;

Though I am surrounded by the serpent and covered with the shadow of death;

I declare Your name O Abba; saying, into Your hands do I trust My life; not by strength of My own hand O Abba; or by any other name;

For You Abba search the heart; and have revealed the truth to man’s heart in Me; In resting in You Abba and Your arm for life;

For I was counted as a sheep for the slaughter; persecuted, distressed and naked; saying;

Awake and hear My cry O Abba; save Me in My affliction;

Though it seemed You hid Your face for a moment; in everlasting kindness You delivered Me; testifying that You will never leave or forsake Me or Your beloved;

For though death surrounded Me and My life was bowed down to the dust of the earth; You saved Me Abba; and did not leave Me in the grave or allow Me to see corruption;

But You Abba delivered Me from death; and raised Me up in an immortal flesh and bone body; seating Me at Your right hand; declaring an eternal word and a certain hope to all people; that in Your everlasting kindness; You will also deliver those who rest in You for life; saving them from death and raising them unto the same life and immortality they see in Me.

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