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In My Distress I Cried to the LORD

Psalms 120:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
KJV
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
WEB
My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
ASV
My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
LSV
My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.
YLT
Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
DBY
My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
DRC119:6
My soul hath been long a sojourner.
GNV
My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
JPS
My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.
LXXE119:6
My soul has long been a sojourner;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
רַ֭בַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּ֣הּ נַפְשִׁ֑י עִ֝֗ם שׂוֹנֵ֥א שָׁלֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br119:6
Πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
  • Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  • Ezekiel 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence,…
  • Matthew 10:36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
  • 1 Samuel 20:30–33Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who…
  • Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 119:6 in some Bibles
  • 120:6 in most Bibles

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