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A peaceful traveler stands between distant black tents and armed quarrelers as sharp arrows and juniper coals lie at the edge of camp.
KING JAMES VERSION

PSALMS 120

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Psalms 120 — Far from home among deceitful and warlike neighbors, the pilgrim cries for deliverance and remains committed to peace.

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Mesech and Kedar function as the psalm’s exile imagery and are not placed together as a precise map location.

Scripture basis: Psalms 120:1–7
  1. 1A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  2. 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
  3. 3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  4. 4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  5. 5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
  6. 6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
  7. 7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom

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