Psalms 120:6

Psalms 120:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
• New International Version (NIV)Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace.

Context of Psalms 120:6

4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. 5How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. I am tired of living among people who hate peace. 7I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!

Psalms 120:6 word by word

רַ֭בַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּ֣הּ נַפְשִׁ֑י עִ֝֗ם שׂוֹנֵ֥א שָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• hath longרַבrab · manyH7227
• dweltשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• with him that hatethשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965

Cross-references for Psalms 120:6

• Psalms 57:4I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
• 1 Samuel 20:30Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!” he swore at him. “Do you think I don’t know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother?
• Ezekiel 2:6“Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don’t be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels.
• Matthew 10:16“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Commentaries on Psalms 120:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace - A restless, barbarous, warlike, and marauding people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace - This trouble is no new thing. It has been long continued, and has become intolerable. Who this was that thus gave him trouble is, of course, now unknown. It is only necessary to remark that there can scarcely be any source of trouble more bitter than that of sustaining such relations to others either in business, or in office, or by family-ties - whether by marriage or by blood - in school, in college…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

Topics related to Psalms 120:6

• Company
• Meekness
• Peace
• Sin
• Speaking
• War

In the dictionaries

• Degrees, Song of
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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