Psalms 120:7 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 120:7

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

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ASV

I amforpeace: But when I speak, they are for war.

WEB

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

YLT

I am peace, and when I speak they are for war!

DBT

I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

18 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Psalms 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

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David was herein a type of Christ, who was distressed by lying lips and deceitful tongues. In this distress he had recourse to God by faithful and fervent prayer: I cried unto the Lord.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 120:7MAT 5:9 HEB 12:14
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 120:7MAT 5:9 JAS 3:16-18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 120:7MAT 5:9 ROM 12:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 120:7PSA 34:14 PSA 37:27
PSA 120:7PSA 34:14 1PE 3:11
PSA 120:7MAT 5:9 GAL 5:22
PSA 120:7HEB 12:14 2CO 7:1
PSA 120:7HEB 12:14 1PE 1:15-16

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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