a120:5-7
b120:5
cEzek 27:13
dExod 21:16
eIsa 21:16-17
f120:6-7
g37:11
h122:6-9
i125:5
j128:6

‏ Psalms 120:5-7

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.
Summary for Ps 120:6-7: 120:6-7  f peace: See 37:11  g; 122:6-9  h; 125:5  i; 128:6  j.
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