At Your Name (Yahweh, Yahweh)

Album: Response (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first single from the Contemporary Christian Music singer songwriter Phil Wickham's fourth studio album, Response. The theme running throughout the record is that of giving a voice to the appreciation and adoration of God in every chapter of life. "When I see the different aspects of who God is in different situations of life, my response to that love can be seen as jumping for joy where other times I respond by saying, 'You are Holy and I am not,' humbled and falling on my face," said Wickham.
  • Phil Wickham wrote "At Your Name (Yahweh, Yahweh)" alongside English worship leader Tim Hughes (best known for writing "Here I Am To Worship"). Hughes had invited Wickham to London to participate in a worship conference for around 2,000 church leaders. Once the event wrapped up, the two picked up their acoustic guitars to trade ideas, eventually landing on this song.
  • Wickham wanted to focus on the specific name of God. "Christians use many names for God - Shepherd, Savior, Messiah, and Provider among them - but 'Yahweh' carries a particular significance," he explained, pointing to the Book of Isaiah where God identifies Himself directly: "I am Yahweh, that is my name."

    That idea anchors the song's chorus:

    Lord of all the Earth
    We shout Your name, shout Your name
    Filling up the skies with endless praise
    Yahweh, Yahweh
    We love to shout Your name, O Lord
  • Wickham pairs God's overwhelming authority, where He speaks, oceans roar, mountains melt, and angels bow, with the New Testament understanding of Jesus. He noted that the same Almighty God reveals Himself through Jesus in humility, love, grace, and sacrifice.

    The bridge connects those two ideas:

    There's no one like our God
    We will praise You
    Jesus, You are God
    We will sing.


    For Wickham, establishing that Yahweh and Jesus reflect the same divine identity brought the entire track together.
  • Much like Wickham's breakout hit "This is Amazing Grace," "At Your Name" was crafted specifically for congregational singing. What started as two songwriters jamming in a room after a conference became a widely sung modern hymn centered on divine identity.

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