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Just this:[a] a warrior’s sharpened arrows,
    coupled with burning coals from a wood[b] fire!

Oh, I’m doomed
    because I have been an immigrant in Meshech,
    because I’ve made my home among Kedar’s tents.
I’ve lived far too long
    with people who hate peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 120:4 Heb lacks this.
  2. Psalm 120:4 Or the gorse or broom tree

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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