This morning I note the expression “on high” repeated in the psalms. In Psalm 69:29, for example, David writes, “But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!” I look up the translation of “on high,” and I just love the expression. David is asking God to set him in a secure, inaccessible, prosperous, joyful, and peaceful place. To be placed “on high” is an image of rising above chaos, harm, or suffering into a place of profound peace. We become enlarged in our souls with wisdom and power when God sets us “on high.” We see ourselves as inaccessible to any enemy attack.
God, set us on high!