Psalms 120:7
אֲֽנִי ־ שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6רַבַּת שָֽׁכְנָה ־ לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלֽוֹם ׃
Cross References
Judges 11:14וַיּוֹסֶף עוֹד יִפְתָּח וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל ־ מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמּֽוֹן ׃
1 Samuel 26:2וַיָּקָם שָׁאוּל וַיֵּרֶד אֶל ־ מִדְבַּר ־ זִיף וְאִתּוֹ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת ־ אֲלָפִים אִישׁ בְּחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ דָּוִד בְּמִדְבַּר ־ זִֽיף ׃
Psalms 34:14נְצֹר לְשׁוֹנְךָ מֵרָע וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָֽה ׃
Psalms 55:20יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל ׀ וְֽיַעֲנֵם וְיֹשֵׁב קֶדֶם סֶלָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֹת לָמוֹ וְלֹא יָרְאוּ אֱלֹהִֽים ׃
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 →