Psalms 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 120 connects to 10 cross-references. The first of fifteen Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) likely used by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. This lament cries to the Lord from Meshech and Kedar — symbols of hostile foreign lands — about lying lips and deceitful tongues. The …
Other Translations
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
Cross References
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of …
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at …
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they …
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they …
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and …
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the …
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to …