Translations
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Far too long has my whole-being made its dwelling among those who hate shalom.
Too long—far too long—my whole-being has lived among those who despise peace.
Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
Footnotes
Rabat "greatly, abundantly" intensifies the exhaustion beyond a simple "too long"; this is a prolonged, bone-deep weariness of exile. Nefesh again is the whole person, worn thin by proximity to hostility. Shalom is not merely the absence of conflict but the divine order of wholeness, completeness, and right-relatedness—flourishing as God intended. Those who "hate shalom" are not simply quarrelsome; they are enemies of the created order itself. F.O.G. retains shalom untranslated to preserve its full semantic weight; F.O.G.M. renders "peace" while the surrounding context carries its depth.

