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The first question I asked is why is he looking to the hills? What on earth does that mean? Then slowly I got it...it means he's in a valley. Now that you know where he's at it still doesn't make sense why he is looking to hills. As I read these verses over and over I think he's looking to the hills because he's hoping help is on its way. There's a scene in the second Lord of the Rings movie (The Two Towers) where the orcs are attacking this fortress these men and women are in. Eventually the orcs break down the fortress and everyone knows they are going to die. However, at daybreak a horn sounds and every man turns to the hill to see that help has come. They are saved! So, now it's our turn. When we are in a valley and being attacked by anything and everything (maybe even orcs) who is our help? Who will come to our rescue? Who can save us? Is it our family? Is it our friends? That's what I think the writer of this psalm was wrestling with. He was asking himself: WHO CAN HELP ME?!?! Then he realizes...only God can. Only the Maker of heaven and earth. Now God can use people to save us. He did this a bunch in the Bible (see David and Goliath, Abraham's nephew Lot, etc.), but we have to remember it is God using these people. So, when you are in your valley...when there is no way to escape and you feel surrounded...where does your help come from? Who will you trust to save you?