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Psalms 120:6
Too long have I dwelt
from In My Distress I Cried to the LORD, Psalms 120:1-7
What it says

He says he has lived too long among those who hate peace.

What it is doing

This verse intensifies the lament by stressing how prolonged the strain has become.

In context

1A song of ascents. 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, 3What will He do to you, 4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, 6Too long have I dwelt 7I am in favor of peace;