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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 15 February 2016
Psalms 120:7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
120:7. I am for peace. Properly, “I am peace”; desirous of peace, peaceful, forbearing—in fact, peace itself.
But when I speak, they are for war. My kindest words appear to provoke them, and they are as daggers drawn at once. Nothing pleases them; if I am silent they count me morose, and if I open my mouth they cavil and controvert. Let those who dwell with such pugilistic company console themselves with the remembrance that both David and David’s Lord endured the same trial. It is the lot of the saints to find foes even in their own households. Others besides David dwelt in the place of dragons. Others besides Daniel have been cast into a den of lions. Meanwhile, let those who are in quiet resting-places and peaceful habitations be greatly grateful for such ease. God has given us this tranquillity. Be it ours never to inflict upon others that from which we have been screened ourselves.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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