Psalms 120:6
My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
Darby Translation
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 20:30And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast 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, and be not afraid of their words; for briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dwellest among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, and be not dismayed at their faces; for they are a rebellious house.
Matthew 10:36and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies.
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 →