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Psalm 120:7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 120 · verse 7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.Psalm 120:7 · King James Version
Psalm 120:7 in context
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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The psalmist here complains of the bad neighbourhood into which he was driven; and some apply the two foregoing verses to this: "What shall the deceitful tongue give, what shall it do to those that lie open to it? What shall a man get by living among such malicious deceitful men? Nothing but sharp arrows and coals of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-7