Psalms 120:6
רַבַּת שָֽׁכְנָה ־ לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלֽוֹם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5אֽוֹיָה ־ לִי כִּי ־ גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִֽם ־ אָהֳלֵי קֵדָֽר ׃
7אֲֽנִי ־ שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30וַיִּֽחַר ־ אַף שָׁאוּל בִּיהוֹנָתָן וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בֶּֽן ־ נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת הֲלוֹא יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי ־ בֹחֵר אַתָּה לְבֶן ־ יִשַׁי לְבָשְׁתְּךָ וּלְבֹשֶׁת עֶרְוַת אִמֶּֽךָ ׃
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 →