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Psalms 120:7
7I am for shalom and thus I speak, but 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.
- 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
5Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech, for I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6My soul has too long dwelt with those who hate shalom. I am for shalom and thus I speak, but 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 34:14Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking treachery.
- Psalms 35:20For they never speak shalom, but devise deceitful words against the quiet ones in the land.
- Psalms 55:20God will hear and humble them —yes, the One enthroned of old. Selah Nothing changes—they do not fear God.
- 2 Samuel 20:19I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. Are you seeking to destroy a mother city in Israel? Why would you devour Adonai’s inheritance?”
- 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 in shalom with all people.
- Ephesians 2:14For He is our shalom, the One who made the two into one and broke down the middle wall of separation. Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility—
- Hebrews 12:14Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 24:9Then David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words saying: ‘Look, David intends you harm’?
- 1 Samuel 26:2So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, 3,000 chosen men of Israel with him, to search for 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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