Psalms 120:6
My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
7I am [for] peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do I not know that thou have chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dwell among scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebe
Matthew 10:36And a man's foes, are those of his own household.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:6-7
Mournful Complaints. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. The psalmist here complains of the bad neighbourhood into which he was driven; and some apply the two foregoing verses to this: "What shall the deceitful tongue give, what shall it do to those that lie open to it? What shall a man get by living among such malicious deceitful men? Nothing but sharp arrows and coals… Read the whole commentary →