Psalms 120:7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
King James Version
In Context
6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
1 Samuel 26:2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Ephesians 2:14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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 →