Psalms 120:7
I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Jephthah adds yet and sends messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon,
1 Samuel 26:2And Saul rises, and goes down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him [are] three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Psalms 34:14Turn aside from evil and do good, || Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, || He has defiled his covenant.
Matthew 5:9Blessed 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 middle wall of the partition of hostility,
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 →