“I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.”
I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. The dramatic contrast—the psalmist desires peace ('I am for peace') while opponents pursue conflict ('when I speak, they are for war')—portrays fundamental alienation. This verse establishes the impasse: peaceful speech meets aggressive response.
Church Fathers on Psalms 120:7
1. The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. You will not long toil in hearing, nor will you toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to the title prefixed to it, “A song of degrees.” Degrees are either of ascent or of descent. But degrees, as they are used in this Psalm, are of ascending...There are therefore both those who ascend and those who descend on that ladder. Genesis 28:12 Who are they…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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