Psalms 121 and 133 are two of the "psalms of ascents", the psalms from 120-134. These psalms are traditionally associated with the journey to Jerusalem for one of Israel's pilgrimage festivals---Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. A number of books have been written about these psalms, and these books often reflect on the guidance these psalms give for people at various stages of life's journey.
Two such books are Eugene Peterson's A Long Obedience in the Same Direction and Walter Kaiser's The Journey Isn't Over.
In Psalm 121 the pilgrim looks up to the hills (the journey to Jerusalem was uphill), perhaps with a mixture of anticipation (of coming into God's presence at the festival) and anxiety (of what dangers may lie ahead on the journey). At this point the pilgrim either (a) states that the source of his help comes from those hills (as in the KJV); or (b) asks (perhaps rhetorically) about the source of his help. Either way, the psalm makes clear that the pilgrim puts his faith squarely in God as the source of help. The same God who is in covenant with Israel is also the creator and ruler of everything. The Psalm goes on to poetically state that God's help is available at all times and places, now and forever.
At the festivals people came together from many places to worship God in unity, celebrating a common heritage of redemption. Psalm 133 reflects upon how sweet and refreshing that unity is. It looks back to a time when Israel enjoyed great unity, at Mt Sinai when Aaron was anointed Israel's first high priest (Lev 8).
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