Psalms 120:7
I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
1 Samuel 26:2So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Ephesians 2:14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall 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 →