Let us kneel before Yahwe our maker.
—Psalm 95:6.
Exalt ye Yahwe our God,
And worship at his footstool.
—Psalm 99:5.
The praise of Yahwe my mouth shall speak,
And all flesh shall bless his holy name.
—Psalm 145:21.
The Hebrew hymn does not praise Yahwe as the one who establishes sacrifice, nor as the God who accepts sacrifice. Although sacrifices continued to be offered in the temple, the hymn, as a hymn, transcends all formalism. The hymn is the expression of enthusiasm for Yahwe, the exalted and great God whom all the earth is to acknowledge, and conversely, it may perhaps be said that only such a magnificent conception of deity as the Hebrews had could produce such hymns.