Lyrics
Lyrics / Chords
VERSE 1 Am F Dm7 G E7 Am
Who can ascend His holy hill
Who can approach His Holy Place
Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart
Who can ascend His holy hill
Who can approach His Holy Place
Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart
CHORUS F G C G/b Am (F)
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD (repeat)
Dai, dai, dai...
VERSE 2 Am F Dm7 G E7 Am
Lift up your heads, O mighty gates
And BE lifted up, O ancient doors,
So that the King of Glory may enter in
Nations will come to celebrate
Adonai will teach us His ways
And the God of Israel will send the rain
BRIDGE Dm G C Am | Dm G E7
And the law will go out from Zion
From Jerusalem His Word
All creation will know your Name
Forever Your praises proclaim
TAG
Who can ascend His holy hill
Who can approach His Holy Place
Only the ones who are washed by the Lamb
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Meaning & Inspiration
Mountain of the Lord gathers several biblical invitations into a song about approaching God in holiness and joining the nations in worship. The opening questions about clean hands and a pure heart echo the qualifications named in the Psalms for ascending the holy hill. The call for gates to rise welcomes the King of glory, while references to Zion, Jerusalem, and divine instruction widen the scene from personal devotion to worldwide praise.
The chorus answers those images with a communal call to go up to the mountain of the Lord. Later lines look toward nations learning the ways of Adonai and instruction going out from Zion, language closely associated with prophetic visions of peace and worship. The final description of those washed by the Lamb connects access to God with redemption in Christ. Hebrew names and Jerusalem imagery remain central throughout, giving the song a distinctly biblical setting while its repeated refrain keeps the emphasis on worship, purity, and the reign of God.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 24:3-7 The passage asks who may ascend the holy hill and calls the gates to receive the King of glory.
- Isaiah 2:2-3 The nations go to the mountain of the Lord, and instruction proceeds from Zion and Jerusalem.
- Revelation 7:14 The redeemed are described as having washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.