Psalms 120:7
I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Yiphthach again sent messengers unto the king of the children of 'Ammon;
1 Samuel 26:2Then arose Saul, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him were three thousand men chosen out of Israel, 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 stretcheth out his hands against those at peace with him: he violateth 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 →