Psalms 120:7
I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14Yet Iphtah sent messengers againe vnto the King of the children of Ammon,
1 Samuel 26:2Then Saul arose, and went downe to the wildernes of Ziph, hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, for to seeke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph.
Psalms 34:14Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and follow after it.
Psalms 55:20Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peace makers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Ephesians 2:14For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the stoppe of the partition wall,
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 →