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Psalms 120:6

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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רַ֭בַּתrabataboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, construct — “abound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…שָֽׁכְנָהshakhenahabideשָׁכַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide”, a completed actionH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).לָּ֣הּlahtoלָּ֣הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toנַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…עִ֝֗םimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שׂוֹנֵ֥אsonehateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, participle, construct — “hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.שָׁלֽוֹםshalomhealthשָׁלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

Young’s Literal Translation

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

World English Bible

My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

Darby Translation

My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

Douay-Rheims

The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My soul has long been a sojourner;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην.