Psalm 120:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 120:5-7

The psalmist here complains of the bad neighbourhood into which he was driven; and some apply the Ps. 120:3, 4 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 juniper,? all the mischiefs of a false and spiteful tongue, Ps. 57:4. Woe is me, says David, that I am forced to dwell among such, that I sojourn in Mesech and Kedar. Not that David dwelt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 120:6

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. The God of peace, against whom their carnal minds are enmity itself; Christ, the Prince of peace, the Man, the Peace, who has made peace by the blood of his cross, whom the world hates; the sons of peace, the quiet in the land, against whom the wicked devise evil things; the Gospel of peace, which the natural man abhors as foolishness; the way of peace, pardon, and salvation by Christ, which carnal men know not, and do not approve of; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:6

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace - A restless, barbarous, warlike, and marauding people. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:6

Verse 6 6.My soul (58) hath long dwelt with him who hateth peace. The Psalmist now shows, without figure, and, so to speak, points with the finger to those (59) whom he had before indirectly marked out by the terms Mesech and kedar, namely, the perfidious Israelites, who had degenerated from the holy fathers, and who rather wore the mask of Israelites than were the true seed of Israel. (60) He calls them haters of peace, (61) because they wilfully, and with deliberate malice, set themselves to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

Of the title itself different explanations are given. Some regard the degrees ( ma ' aloth ) as "steps," and accept a rabbinical explanation, that the psalms were written for chanting upon fifteen steps, which led from the Court of the Women in the temple to the Court of the Men. But there is no sufficient evidence of the existence of these steps. Others, translating ma ' aloth by "ascents," suggest that they are psalms composed for the Jews to chant on their ascent from Babylon to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

The perversion of power, etc. This psalm, though "a difference of opinion exists respecting the interpretation of almost every verse and word of it ," may suggest valuable thoughts upon— I. THE PERVERSION OF POWER . It speaks of "lying lips," a "deceitful tongue," and of the "false tongue" ( Psalms 120:2 , Psalms 120:3 ). We may say that sin is perversion; it is the misdirection and abuse of our various faculties and organs; turning to a bad account all our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

In Mesech and Kedar. This psalm is a piteous declaration of the unhappy lot of him who is surrounded by the false, the treacherous, and the cruel. They of Mesech—the Moschi of Herodotus (see Exposition)—dwelt where now the horribly bloodthirsty Kurds have their habitation, who of late years have horrified all Christendom by their barbarous atrocities inflicted on the Christian Armenians. Amid men of such sort the psalmist is complaining that he has to dwell ( Psalms 120:5 ). It is a tale... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:6

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace ; i . e . with the tribes symbolized in the preceding verse by the names "Mesech" and "Kedar," the tribes bordering upon Judea. These were from first to last almost always at war with Israel. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 120:6

My 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, or in corporate bodies - as to expose us... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

Psalms 120-124 To Jerusalem for worshipEach of the fifteen Psalms 120:0 to 134 is entitled ‘A Song of Ascents’ (RSV; NIV). These psalms were apparently sung by worshippers from the country areas as they made the journey up to Jerusalem for the various annual festivals.Whether or not the psalms were written for this purpose, they have been arranged in a sequence that reflects the feelings of the travellers. They provide expressions of worship for the travellers as they set out from distant... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 120:5-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 120:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 120:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 120:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 120:1-7

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