Psalms 120:7
I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
In Context
6Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
Cross References
Judges 11:14And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,
1 Samuel 26:2And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Psalms 34:14Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 55:20He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
Matthew 5:9'Happy the peacemakers — because they shall be called Sons of God.
Ephesians 2:14for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,
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 →