Psalms 120:5

Mesech... Kedar. Used typically of cruel and merciless peoples; as we use the terms Vandals, Goths, Philistines.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Woe is me - My lot is a sad and pitiable one, that I am compelled to live in this manner, and to be exposed thus to malignant reproaches. It is l...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Woe is me, that I sojourn in (e) Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of (f) Kedar! (e) These were people of Arabia, who came from Japheth, ( Genesis...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Alas for me! that I have been a sojourner in Mesech. David complains that he was doomed to linger for a long time among a perverse people...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! That I sojourn in Mesech - The Chaldee has it, "Wo is me that I am a stran...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That I sojourn in Mesech, &c.— Woe is me that my sojourning is so long protracted, while I dwell in the tents of Kedar! Houb. and many other...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! Woe is me that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Ked...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mesech ] i.e. the Moschi, a tribe dwelling near the Euxine Sea: cp. Genesis 10:2 , also Herodotus 3.94. Kedar ] tribes of N. Arabia famous for the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mesech. — This name is generally identified with Moschi, mentioned by Herodotus (iii. 94), a tribe on the borders of Colchis and Armenia. It appe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 120:1-7 THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association wit...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Where to Find Help Psalms 120:1-7 ; Psalms 121:1-8 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is incorporated by the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reading these words with reference to Christ, we may well suppose that the exercises of his holy soul from day to day, were great in the society of t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech ,.... Meshech was a son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2 ; whose posterity are thought by some to be the Muscovites z a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar! Ver. 5. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech ] That is, in Muscovio, say...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo is me that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar Mesech and Kedar are two sorts of people often mentioned in Scripture, and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mesech and Kedar are two sorts of people, oft mentioned in Scripture, and reckoned amongst the heathen and barbarous nations. But their nurses ar...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mosech. The sojourn in Mesech Mesech was the son of Japheth, from whom were descended the men who inhabited that m...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:1 ; 2 Peter 2:7 ; 2 Peter 2:8 ; Ezekiel 27:13 ; Genesis 10:2 ; Genesis 25:13 ; Isaiah 60:6 ; Isaiah 60:7 ; Jeremiah 15:10 ; Jer...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mesech — Mesech and Kedar are two sorts of people often mentioned in scripture, and reckoned amongst the barbarous nations. But their names are her...

⁵ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Related Commentaries of Psalms 120:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 120:5