1. The source of help 121:1-2

The psalmist lifted up his eyes to the hills around Mt. Zion as he travelled to a feast there from some flatter part of Canaan. As he did so, he reflected on the source of his help. He also reminded himself that his help was the God who had made those hills along with the whole heaven and earth (cf. 124:8). This was the God he was travelling to worship at the temple on Mt. Zion.