Psalms 120:7
I am [for] peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon.
1 Samuel 26:2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.
Ephesians 2:14For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the dividing wall of partition,
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 →