Psa 120:5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ps 120:5-7: 120:5-7 The psalmist feels the anguish of alienation, isolation, and perpetual conflict. 120:5 Meshech was a Japhethite territory far to the north of Canaan. Kedar was an Ishmaelite territory in Arabia. Violent people lived in both locations. Meshech was the home of a famous slave trade (Ezek 27:13 ; cp. Exod 21:16 ) and Kedar of renowned warriors (Isa 21:16-17 ). These places can be understood as representative of the apostate, violent land where the psalmist suffered.

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Summary for Ps 120:5-7: 120:5-7 ^a The psalmist feels the anguish of alienation, isolation, and perpetual conflict. 120:5 ^b Meshech was a Japhethite territory far to the north of Canaan. Kedar was an Ishmaelite territory in Arabia. Violent people lived in both locations. Meshech was the home of a famous slave trade (Ezek 27:13 ^c; cp. Exod 21:16 ^d) and Kedar of renowned warriors (Isa 21:16-17 ^e). These places can be understood as representative of the apostate, violent land where the psalmist suffered.