120:5,6Meshech was a nation far to the north of Israel; Kedar a nation to the southeast. Both were known for being warlike and barbarian. Because the writer couldn’t have been in two places at one time, he was famenting that he felt far from home and surrounded by pagan people.
Life Application Study BiblePsalmsChapter 120
Psalm 120
New Living Translation · Life Application Study Bible · Original pages: 977, 978
120Psalm 120
1I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. 2Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people. 3O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? 4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
5How I suffer in far-off Meshech.It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
6Tam tired of livingamong people who hate peace.
7Tsearch for peace;but when I speak of peace, they want war!
Theme: We can depend upon God for help. Pilgrims must travel through lonely country to their destination; they are protected, not by anything created, but by the Creator of everything. Author: Anonymous, some suggest Hezekiah 1 2 1 Asong for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 I look up to the mountains—
Life Application Notes 2 notes
120:7Peacemaking is not always popular. Some people prefer to fight for what they believe in. The glory of battle is in the hope of winning, but someone must be a loser. The glory of peacemaking is that it may actually produce two winners. Peacemaking is God's way, so we should carefully and prayerfully attempt to be peacemakers.