RB notes: Psalm 120

Psalms 120 KJV

A Song of degrees.

1. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

2. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. [a]

[a] Vss. 1-3 are the prayer of a Jew for deliverance from the Antichrist (Rev. 13:4-5) during the Tribulation.

3. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? [b]

[b] Prov. 26:18-19, 21, 23-26.

4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, [c] with coals of juniper.

[c] Psa. 18:8-14.

5. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! [1]

[1] “Meshech” was a son of Japeth (Gen. 10:2); it is a reference to Russia (Ezek. 38:2). The Jews have been trying to get out of that country since 1905. “Kedar” was a son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:13). Their ancestral homeland was Saudi Arabia (Neh. 6:1; Isa. 21:16-17; Jer. 49:28). It is a prophetic reference to Arabian Moslems dwelling in a land where they don’t belong (Gen. 21:10, 25:6). The verse is a reference to Israel living among her enemies in the 20th and 21st Centuries.

6. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. [2]

[2] The individual that hates peace is the Antichrist. Note that he is referred to in the plural in verse 5 (see note on Job 24:18), indicating that the Antichrist is connected with the Arabians and Islam (Mary [Rev. 17] and Mohammed).

7. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. [d]

[d] Cf. Psa. 28:3; note on vs. 5.

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Note on Job 24:18 KJV

He [4] is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

[4] The “he” is a reference to “the shadow of death” in verse 17, and the singular is a plural (Job 17:4-5 cf. Job 16:9-10).

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