Psalms 120:5
The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your protection, above your right hand.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
In Context
4Behold, he who guards Israel will neither sleep, nor slumber.
6The sun will not burn you by day, nor the moon by night.
Cross References
Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Samuel 25:1Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.
Isaiah 60:6A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 49:28Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has struck down. Thus says the Lord: “Rise up and ascend to Kedar, and lay waste to the sons of the East.
Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar, these were the merchants at your hand. Your merchants came to you with lambs, and rams, and young goats.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:2-5
Confession and Complaints. 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord , and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Here is, I. Deliverance from a false tongue obtained by prayer. David records his own experience of this. 1. He was brought into distress, into great distress, by lying lips and a deceitful tongue. There were those that… Read the whole commentary →