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Psalms 120:7
7I want to live here in peace. But when I say this, they only want war!
Psalms 120:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
- New International Version (NIV)I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.
Context of Psalms 120:7
5I am so sad! I live in Meshek as a stranger. I live among the people of Kedar. 6I have lived too long with people that hate peace. I want to live here in peace. But when I say this, they only want war!
Read all of Psalms 120Psalms 120:7 word by word
אֲֽנִי־שָׁ֭לוֹם וְכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר הֵ֝֗מָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 120:7
- Psalms 34:14Do good things instead of evil things. Try to bring peace into people's lives.
- Psalms 35:20They do not talk in a way that brings peace. Instead, they try to deceive people who want to live quietly.
- Psalms 55:20But my friend has turned against his own friends. He has not been a true friend, as he promised to be.
- 2 Samuel 20:19The people of this city like to live in peace. We are faithful to our nation, Israel. Have you decided to destroy such an important city in Israel? Why do you want to destroy a city that belongs to the Lord?’
- Matthew 5:9Happy are the people who bring people together to be friends. God will call them his children.
- Romans 12:18If it is possible, try always to be friends with other people.
- Ephesians 2:14It is Christ himself who has brought peace between Jews and Gentiles. He has brought those two groups together, to be one group. He has destroyed the things that made them separate. As a result, they are no longer enemies.
- Hebrews 12:14Do everything that you can to live in peace with other people. Make yourself separate from bad things. Nobody will see the Lord unless their life is good and clean.
- 1 Samuel 24:9David said to Saul, ‘You should not listen to the people who say, “David wants to hurt you.”
- 1 Samuel 26:2So Saul went to the desert of Ziph to look for David. He took 3,000 strong Israelite soldiers with him.
Commentaries on Psalms 120:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I am for peace - We love to be quiet and peaceable; but they are continually engaged in excursions of rapine and plunder. It is evident that the psalmist refers to a people like the Scenitae or wandering Arabs, who live constantly in tents, and subsist by robbery; plundering and carrying away all that they can seize. The poor captives wished them to cultivate the arts of peace, and live quietly; but they would hear of nothing but their old manner of life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I am for peace - Margin, “A man of peace.” Literally, “I (am) peace.” It is my nature. I desire to live in peace. I strive to do so. I do nothing to provoke a quarrel. I would do anything which would be right to pacify others. I would make any sacrifices, yield to any, demands, consent to any arrangements which would promise peace. But when I speak - When I say anything on the subject, when I propose any new arrangements, when I suggest any changes, when…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-7Verses 5-7 It is very grievous to a good man, to be cast into, and kept in the company of the wicked, from whom he hopes to be for ever separated. See here the character of a good man; he is for living peaceably with all men. And let us follow David as he prefigured Christ; in our distress let us cry unto the Lord, and he will hear us. Let us follow after peace and holiness, striving to overcome evil with good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7peace: See Psalms 37:11; 122:6–9; 125:5; 128:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. While those who surrounded him were maliciously hostile, he was disposed to peace. This Psalm may well begin such a series as this, as a contrast to the promised joys of God's worship.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 120
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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