Psalms 120:7
I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children 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 34:14(34-15) Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20(55-21) He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
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 →