First recorded by Michael Card on the album Legacy, which was produced by Mole End Music in 1981, it has subsequently been covered by many other artists and received a number of recording industry awards.
The song was sung in a wide variety of churches in the 1980s and 90s, and has been widely recorded by artists including Amy Grant. It has been published in various hymnals, including the UK-based Mission Praise and the US-based United Methodist Hymnal. These books are one source of sheet-music for it: another is the various collections which it has been released in (link below).
The song uses several Hebrew terms as part of the lyrics - rough translations of these are:
- El Shaddai - "God Almighty".
- El-Elyon na Adonai - "God Most High, please my Lord".
- Erkamka na Adonai - "I love you, my Lord." - from Psalm 18:
Downloads
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Solo singer, self-accompanied on guitar:
Lead singer and massed choir at an outdoor event:
Professional singer with orchestra-style backing band:
Soloist with piano backing:
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:Chorus:
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Elyoh na Adonai;
Age to age you're still the same by the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, Erkahmka na Adonai;
We will praise and lift you high, El Shaddai.
1 Through your love and through the ram, you saved the son of Abraham ...
2 Through the years You've made it clear, that the time of Christ was near ...
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