Lyrics
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
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
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
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
And the law will go out from Zion
From Jerusalem His Word
All creation will know your Name
Forever Your praises proclaim
And the law will go out from Zion
From Jerusalem His Word
All creation will know your Name
Forever Your praises proclaim
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
Come let us go up, come let us go up
To the mountain of the LORD
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 images into a call toward God’s holy presence. The opening question about clean hands and a pure heart closely echoes Psalm 24, while the lifted gates and arriving King of glory continue that psalm’s language. The repeated invitation to go up to the mountain gives the song a communal, expectant character centered on worship and holiness.
Its later lines turn toward Zion, Jerusalem, and divine instruction flowing to the nations, imagery associated with Isaiah’s vision of peoples seeking the Lord’s ways. The final change from those with clean hands to those washed by the Lamb joins reverence before God with redemption through Christ. Rather than presenting ascent as human achievement, the lyric closes by locating access in the Lamb’s cleansing work. The result is a worship song shaped by Scripture’s themes of holiness, God’s reign, and worldwide praise.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 24:3-7 The lyrics echo the questions about ascending God’s hill, clean hands, a pure heart, and lifted gates.
- Isaiah 2:2-3 Isaiah describes nations going to the Lord’s mountain and instruction going out from Zion.
- Revelation 7:14 The closing image of being washed by the Lamb recalls those whose robes are made clean in the Lamb’s blood.