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Psalm 120

Psa. 120:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
'owyah (Hebrew #190)
feminine of 188
KJV usage: woe.
Pronounce: o-yaw'
is me, that I sojourn
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
ino Mesech
Meshek (Hebrew #4902)
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
KJV usage: Mesech, Meshech.
Pronounce: meh'-shek
Origin: the same in form as 4901, but probably of foreign derivation
, that I dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in the tents
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
ofp Kedar
Qedar (Hebrew #6938)
dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
KJV usage: Kedar.
Pronounce: kay-dawr'
Origin: from 6937
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Gen. 10:2• 2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Gen. 10:2)
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Gen. 25:13• 13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (Gen. 25:13)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Woe.
Jer. 9:2‑3,6• 2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
 3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
 6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. (Jer. 9:2‑3,6)
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Jer. 15:10• 10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. (Jer. 15:10)
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Mic. 7:1‑2• 1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
 2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. (Mic. 7:1‑2)
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2 Peter 2:7‑8• 7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
 8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) (2 Peter 2:7‑8)
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Rev. 2:13• 13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. (Rev. 2:13)
Mesech.
Gen. 10:2• 2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Gen. 10:2)
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Ezek. 27:13• 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. (Ezek. 27:13)
Meshech.
the tents.
Gen. 25:13• 13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (Gen. 25:13)
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1 Sam. 25:1• 1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (1 Sam. 25:1)
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Song of Sol. 1:5• 5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. (Song of Sol. 1:5)
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Isa. 60:6‑7• 6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.
 7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. (Isa. 60:6‑7)
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Jer. 49:28‑29• 28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
 29Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. (Jer. 49:28‑29)
• Psalm 120 begins with the tribes of Israel far from their land. (“I sojourn in Mesech”— a place north of Israel, “I dwell in the tents of Kedar”— a place east of Israel vs. 5). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• The godly man deplores that he is still in a foreign land, captive to those who treat him with hostility and barbarity. (“Psalm 119:153-160: Divison 20 (Resh)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!