Lifting Our Eyes to the Hills

"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2 Psalm 121 is a pilgrim Psalm. It was sung by those who made their pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast days in the temple. Reference is made here to the hills. These are the hills of the holy city. Jerusalem was built on seven hills, the temple being on one of them, Mt. Zion. In turn, Jerusalem was situated on the highest elevation of...