English Standard Version
Psalms 120:7
7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!
Context of Psalms 120:7
5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for 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 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
- Psalms 55:20My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.
- 2 Samuel 20:19I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?"
- Matthew 5:9"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
- Romans 12:18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
- Ephesians 2:14For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
- Hebrews 12:14Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?
- 1 Samuel 26:2So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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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