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Psalm 120

Psa. 120:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I am θfor peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
: but when I speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, they are for war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
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or, a man of peace.

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Ministry on This Verse

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for peace.
or, a man of peace.
Psa. 34:14• 14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. (Psa. 34:14)
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Psa. 35:20• 20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. (Psa. 35:20)
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Psa. 55:20• 20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. (Psa. 55:20)
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2 Sam. 20:19• 19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? (2 Sam. 20:19)
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Matt. 5:9• 9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Matt. 5:9)
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Rom. 12:18• 18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. (Rom. 12:18)
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Eph. 2:14‑17• 14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
 15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
 16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
 17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (Eph. 2:14‑17)
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Heb. 12:14• 14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: (Heb. 12:14)
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1 Sam. 24:9‑11• 9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
 10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.
 11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. (1 Sam. 24:9‑11)
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1 Sam. 26:2‑4• 2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
 3And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
 4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. (1 Sam. 26:2‑4)
• He was dwelling in the midst of evil. It was his sorrow, and distress to him. He sought peace: they were for war. It is the spirit and character of the Christian in the midst of the power of evil, which, when called out by the presence of good, shows itself thus. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)
• Disclosing these desires to those around them results in reproach and oppression. This leads them to cry to the Lord in their distress. They realize they are dwelling in a place they should not be in. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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