Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
That I sojourn in Mesech - The Chaldee has it, "Wo is me that I am a stranger with the Asiatics, ( useey ), and that I dwell in the tents of the Arabs." Calmet, who understands the Psalm as speaking of the state of the captives in Babylon and its provinces, says, "Meshec was apparently the father of the Mosquians, who dwelt in the mountains that separate Iberia from Armenia, and both from Colchis. These provinces were subjugated by Nebuchadnezzar; and it is evident from II Kings 17:23, II Kings 17:24; II Kings 18:11; II Kings 19:12, II Kings 19:13, that many of the Jews were held in captivity in those countries. As to Kedar, it extended into Arabia Petraea, and towards the Euphrates; and is the country afterwards known as the country of the Saracens."
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