God's Name and His Word are Synonymous - Psalm 137-139

Psalms 138:2

I will bow down toward Your holy temple

And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;

For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

As the Psalmist is bowing down in worship toward God he looks to the right place: Your holy temple.   The nation was promised after the temple was built that if they pray toward the temple God would bless that.    (This is way Daniel prayed daily facing the temple back in Jerusalem, even though the temple was destroyed.  This, of course, got him tossed into the lions den.)  But, the direction of the prayer only matters if we understand the person we are praying to.   The writer goes on to tell us about God's "lovingkindness" and "truth."   We worship and pray to God because of His name is synonymous with lovingkindness and truth.    His truth, if fact is the validated of His "Word."  The Psalmist tells us that God's Word is on the same level as His Name.  So, the writer can say we "give thanks to Your Name" because His name, like His Word, is Truth.   We worship God because of His truth.   We worship God because He is truth.   If we say we are telling the truth we could say we are telling God.  God is truth.  Jesus said He was truth (John 14:6).   The Spirit is truth.   So, in our worship we are worship the truth of God's promises because God's character is based upon the truth of those promises.   He cannot lie.  He cannot break a promise.