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Psalm 120:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 120:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 [b]Alas, I am a foreigner in Meshech,
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long do I live
among those who hate peace.
Footnotes
- 120:4 Coals of brush wood: coals made from the stalk of the broom plant burn with intense heat. The psalmist thinks of lighted coals cast at his enemies.
- 120:5 Meshech was in the far north (Gn 10:2) and Kedar was a tribe of the north Arabian desert (Gn 25:13). The psalmist may be thinking generally of all aliens living among inhospitable peoples.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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