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Psalms 120:5

NETBible	How miserable I am!¹ For I have lived temporarily² in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.³
NIV © biblegateway Psa 120:5	Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
NASB © biblegateway Psa 120:5	Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
NLT © biblegateway Psa 120:5	How I suffer among these scoundrels of Meshech! It pains me to live with these people from Kedar!
MSG © biblegateway Psa 120:5	I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 120:5	Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 120:5	Woe is me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I must live among the tents of Kedar.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 120:5	Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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KJV	Woe <0190> is me, that I sojourn <01481> (8804) in Mesech <04902>_, [that] I dwell <07931> (8804) in the tents <0168> of Kedar <06938>_!
NASB © biblegateway Psa 120:5	Woe <0190> is me, for I sojourn <01481> in Meshech <04902> , For I dwell <07931> among <05973> the tents <0168> of Kedar <06938> !
LXXM	(119:5) oimmoi {INJ} oti <3754> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF paroikia <3940> N-NSF mou <1473> P-GS emakrunyh {V-API-3S} kateskhnwsa <2681> V-AAI-1S meta <3326> PREP twn <3588> T-GPN skhnwmatwn <4638> N-GPN khdar {N-PRI}
NET [draft] ITL	How miserable <0190> I am! For <03588> I have lived <01481> temporarily in Meshech <04902> ; I have resided <07931> among <05973> the tents <0168> of Kedar <06938> .
HEBREW	rdq <06938> ylha <0168> Me <05973> ytnks <07931> Ksm <04902> ytrg <01481> yk <03588> yl <0> hywa (120:5) <0190>

NETBible

How miserable I am!¹ For I have lived temporarily² in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.³

NET Notes

¹tn Or “woe to me.” The Hebrew term אוֹיָה (’oyah, “woe”) which occurs only here, is an alternate form of אוֹי (’oy).

²tn Heb “I live as a resident alien.”

³sn Meshech was located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey). Kedar was located in the desert to east-southeast of Israel. Because of the reference to Kedar, it is possible that Ps 120:5 refers to a different Meshech, perhaps one associated with the individual mentioned as a descendant of Aram in 1 Chr 1:17. (However, the LXX in 1 Chr 1:17 follows the parallel text in Gen 10:23, which reads “Mash,” not Meshech.) It is, of course, impossible that the psalmist could have been living in both the far north and the east at the same time. For this reason one must assume that he is recalling his experience as a wanderer among the nations or that he is using the geographical terms metaphorically and sarcastically to suggest that the enemies who surround him are like the barbarians who live in these distant regions. For a discussion of the problem, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 146.