One of the greatest usages of the Psalms is in the affirmation of simple but still profound truths. It may seem, in a post Christ world, quaint to believe that God is not watching us from the mountains is an obvious idea, but in the ancient world it was revolutionary. The original concept of the pantheon of gods was never about an all knowing and personal deity. Instead, it was a kaleidoscope of relegated beings who maintained a certain jurisdiction. This was over any number of subsets of things. There were gods for elements, weather, locations, feelings, logical ideas, whatever one could think of, there was a god over it. Furthermore, these gods were always at a stalemate of power at best or at worst in war over it. This is the significant difference of the god of the Bible. When Moses asks him his name, this question is from a pantheistic perspective. He knew that the god of the Bible would need to claim authority over the Egyptian pantheon. Yet his name, which translates to “I Am who I Am,” indicates a total supremacy over all pantheons. Indeed, he cannot be compared to anything. The Hebrew people would look to the mountains because it was a first place of engagement, but it was not God’s relegation. He is omnipresent.