Psalms 120:6
My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, || I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
7I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30And the anger of Saul burns against Jonathan, and he says to him, “Son of a perverse [woman] of rebellion! Have I not known that you are fixing on the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?
Ezekiel 2:6And you, son of man, you are not afraid of them, indeed, you are not afraid of their words, for briers and thorns are with you, and you are dwelling near scorpions, you are not afraid of their words, and you are not frightened of their faces, for they [are] a house of rebellion,
Matthew 10:36and the enemies of a man are those of his 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 →