Psalms 120:7

"My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace."

Key Reflection

This verse speaks to the wearisome experience of associating with someone who is consistently at odds with peace and harmony, indicating the anguish and frustration such a relationship brings. The speaker yearns for reconciliation and an end to conflict, highlighting the spiritual struggle between choosing peace and enduring strife.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I 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 I give utterance to my painful feelings, and express a desire to live differently - they will listen to nothing; they will be satisfied with nothing. They are for war -For discord, variance, strife. All my efforts to live in peace are vain.

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