We're now on Tehilim 125,1: שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת (This is one of the songs of the steps that ascend to the Bet Hamikdash) הַבֹּטְחִ֥ים בַּיהֹוָ֑ה כְּֽהַר־צִיּ֥וֹן לֹא־יִ֝מּ֗וֹט לְעוֹלָ֥ם יֵשֵֽׁב׃ Those that rely on Hashem, they're like Mount Sion. They will not falter; They will last forever. Simply speaking, this is a mashal . Yerushalayim is surrounded by mountains, and we are like those protected cities that are surrounded by mountains, like the Swiss who were always neutral and protected because they had their Alps around them. But the next pasuk says יְֽרוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֢יב לָ֥֫הּ /Yerushalayim has mountains around it, וַ֭יהֹוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ But Hashem surrounds His nation from now and forever. The sefer Ma’aseh Hashem ( Helek Ma’aseh Bereshit, chapter 10) quotes a pasuk from Devarim 4,4: וְאַתּ ֶם֙ הַדְּבֵקִ֔ים בַּיהֹוָ֖ה You are connected, Which we know from the Meshech Hochma (on U’Bo Tidbak )is the source for Bitachon. A person is connected to Hashem through bitachon. We also say in Shirat HaAzinu ‘ God surrounds us,’ which Rashi says refers to the Ananeh Hakavod/the clouds of glory, or the Succah, which surrounds us in Hashem's protection. Lastly, David Hamelech said וַ֭יהֹוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם / But Hashem surrounds His nation from now and forever. T hat's the depth of this pasuk, says the Ma’aseh Hashem. The people that were in Yerushalayim were protected, but when they left Yerushalayim, they were no longer in that area. There are mountains around it, and the mountains don't move. But if you leave, then you're no longer under the protection. However, the one relies in Hashem, wherever he is, he's still within the boundaries, because Hashem is with His people. He adds that the man who relies on Hashem remains in His boundaries. He never left them, even though he's in galut, because his boundary is that he's surrounded by Hashem! This really compliments another beautiful thought, a famous D’var Torah , regarding the Jewish people in the desert, specifically within the Ananeh Hakavod: We learn the laws of Shabbat from the Mishkan. On Shabbat you cannot demolish a house, but there's an opinion in the Gemara that it's only a problem to demolish the house if you plan on rebuilding that house in that spot; if you don't plan on rebuilding in that spot, then the demolishing is just destructive. The question is, when they took down the Mishkan, they never put it back in the same spot because they were always traveling. So if I'm learning out the laws of Shabbat from the Mishkan, in which they destroyed without rebuilding in the same spot, why would that be allowed on Shabbat? The answer that's given by the Baalei Mussar (including Rav Naftali Trop and Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz) says that the Jewish people in the desert traveled with the Ananeh Hakavod, and therefore wherever they were, they took down the Mishkan and they put up the Mishkan in the same spot . It might not have been the same latitude and longitude, but the spot was always the same- They were encamped and surrounded by Hashem's clouds. A mashal they give that it’s like a child in his mother's arms, getting on an airplane and traveling. If you ask the child, Where are you? he’ll say, “ I’m in my mother's arms ,” at takeoff, “ In my mother's arms. ” during the flight, “ in my mother's arms,” and the same when they land. He never moved because his location was his mother's arms. That's how the Jewish people were in the desert. That's the concept called Yesovevenu / we are surrounded . One might have thought that this was only in the desert, but that would be a mistake. וַ֭יהֹוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם Hashem surrounds his people. forever. We're forever in those clouds of glory. Anyone that has bitachon is surrounded by Hashem's clouds of glory. There is a pasuk in Devarim 13,5 אַחֲרֵ֨י יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם תֵּלֵ֖כוּ Follow Hashem your God . The Sifri says, this refers to the cloud. T