Psalms 120:6
Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek,—That I abide near the tents of Kedar!
7I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30Then was Saul’s anger kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of rebellious perversity! do I not know that thou art, confederate, with the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and to the confusion of the shame of thy mother?
Ezekiel 2:6But thou son of man Be not afraid of them Nor of their words, be afraid Though thorns and thistles are about thee, And amongst prickly plants, thou dost dwell, Of their words, be not afraid nor At their faces, be thou dismayed, For a perverse house, they are!
Matthew 10:36And, a man foes, are, they of his own 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 →