Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. That I sojourn in Mesech ] The Chaldee has it, "Wo is me that I am a stranger with the Asiatics, ( yaswa 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 2 Kings xvii. 23, 24; xviii. 11; xix. 12, 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."
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-7 - It is very grievous to a good man, to be cast into, and kept in the company of the wicked, from whom he hopes to be for ever separated. Se here the character of a good man; he is for living peaceably with all men. And let us follow David as he prefigured Christ; in our distres let us cry unto the Lord, and he will hear us. Let us follow afte peace and holiness, striving to overcome evil with good _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew אויה190 לי כי3588 גרתי1481 משׁך4902 שׁכנתי7931 עם5973 אהלי168 קדר׃6938
