A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal![a](A)

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,[b](B)
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar![c](C)
I have dwelt too long
with those who hate peace.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 120:4 Lit with coals of the broom bush
  2. 120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine
  3. 120:5 = a nomadic people of the desert to the southeast

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(A)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(B)
Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.

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