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Psalms 120:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 120:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 120:59 words
HebrewMeaning
אֽוֹיָהʾwōyāh
woe!particleH190
לִ֭/יliy
pron
כִּיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַ֣רְתִּיgarətiy
I have sojournedverbH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
מֶ֑שֶׁךְmešekə
MeshechnounH4902
Meshech
שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיšākanətiy
I have dweltverbH7931
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · have habitation ···
עִֽםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אָהֳלֵ֥יʾāhŏlēy
the tents ofnounH168
home · tabernacle · tent
קֵדָֽרqēdār
KedarnounH6938
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 120:5

1. The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. You will not long toil in hearing, nor will you toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to the title prefixed to it, “A song of degrees.” Degrees are either of ascent or of descent. But degrees, as they are used in this Psalm, are of ascending...There are therefore both those who ascend and those who descend on that ladder. Genesis 28:12 Who are they…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 120
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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