God’s Word Translation
Psalms 120:7
7I am for peace, but when I talk about it, they only talk about 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
5How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar. 6I have lived too long with those who hate peace. I am for peace, but when I talk about it, they only talk about war.
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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 35:20They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
- Psalms 55:20⌞My best friend⌟ has betrayed his friends. He has broken his solemn promise.
- 2 Samuel 20:19We are peaceful and faithful Israelites. Are you trying to destroy a mother city in Israel? Why should you swallow up what belongs to the Lord?”
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God’s children.
- Romans 12:18As much as it is possible, live in peace with everyone.
- Ephesians 2:14So he is our peace. In his body he has made Jewish and non-Jewish people one by breaking down the wall of hostility that kept them apart.
- Hebrews 12:14Try to live peacefully with everyone, and try to live holy lives, because if you don’t, you will not see the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 24:9David asked Saul, “Why do you listen to rumors that I am trying to harm you?
- 1 Samuel 26:2Saul went to the desert of Ziph, taking with him 3,000 of Israel’s best-trained men to search for David.
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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