Psalms 120:6
The sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5The Lord shall keep you: the Lord is your shelter upon your right hand. 1
7May the Lord preserve you from all evil: the Lord shall keep your soul. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of + 20:30 Lit. deserting in a military sense. traitorous damsels! for do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jessae to your shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
Ezekiel 2:6And you, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face; (for they will madden and will rise up against you round about, and you dwell in the midst of scorpions): be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for it is a provoking house.
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 →