Psalms 120:6
My soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
In Context
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, You son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to yours own confusion, and unto the confusion of your mother's nakedness?
Ezekiel 2:6And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Matthew 10:36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
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 →