Pote - "I Lift Up Mine Eyes" (Tara Curtis, mezzo soprano)

SOLO "I Lift Up Mine Eyes"
(music by Allen Pote, 2003)
Tara Curtis, mezzo soprano; Dale Morehouse, piano
St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO
June 9, 2024
What is it about the most beloved psalms that make their words so comforting? I Lift Up Mine Eyes is an adaption of verses from Psalm 121 by Allen Pote, who hails from Halstead, KS (a little north of Wichita). It is a blessing given to someone embarking on a dangerous journey, whether a soldier going on a campaign or a pilgrim returning home from the Temple. People look anxiously at the wooded hills. Will God protect them on their journey? The psalmist declares that God is not confined to a place or a time, that every step is guarded; night and day God watches over their every movement.