Psalms 59:6
in Psalms 59They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
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ASV
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.
KJV
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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This verse in Psalms 59
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThey return at evening,.... It was at evening Saul sent messengers to watch David's house, that they might take him in the morning; but missing him, perhaps after a fruitless search for him all the day, returned at evening to watch his house again; or they might come, and go and return the first evening.
This site's exposition
They return in the evening
on Psalms 59:6-8
Verse 6 has them returning in the evening, dogs snarling and prowling the city, and verse 14 says it again word for word. Their mouths are the weapon, sharp words and the boast, for who can hear us. Verse 8 answers that: the LORD laughs, as at Psalm 2:4.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Return - Watching for me: which they did at this time all the night long, 1 Sam. xix, 11. A dog - When he is pursuing his prey. Go round - When they did not find him in his own house, they sought for him in other parts of the city.
Thus the persecutors of our Lord Jesus, who are compared to dogs ( Ps. xxii. 16 ), ran him down with noise; for else they could not have taken him, at least no on the feast-day, for there would have been an uproar among the people.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They return at evening. Like wild beasts that roam at night, they come forth to do mischief. If foiled in the light, they seek the more congenial darkness in which to accomplish their designs. They mean to break into the house in the dead of might. They make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Howling with hunger for their prey, they sneak round and round the walls, prowling with stealthy footstep, and barking in unamiable concert.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָשׁ֣וּבוּ | yashuvu | they return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לָ֭עֶרֶב | laerev | to <the> evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| יֶהֱמ֥וּ | yehemu | they growl | H1993 → | 34 times |
| כַכָּ֗לֶב | khakalev | like <the> dog | H3611 → | 32 times |
| וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ | visovu | so they may go around | H5437 → | 161 times |
| עִֽיר׃ | ʾir | [the] city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
יָשׁ֣וּבוּthey return
yashuvuH7725 →1056 times
לָ֭עֶרֶבto <the> evening
laerevH6153 →134 times
יֶהֱמ֥וּthey growl
yehemuH1993 →34 times
כַכָּ֗לֶבlike <the> dog
khakalevH3611 →32 times
וִיס֥וֹבְבוּso they may go around
visovuH5437 →161 times
עִֽיר׃[the] city
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
it leads to
- John 19:37
And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
- Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
- Matthew 27:35
When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
- John 20:25
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put…
- John 19:23
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
- John 19:37
Through
1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will…
it leads to
- Psalms 59:1–17
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
- Judges 16:2
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait…
- Psalms 59:1–17
Through
Psalms 59:14They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
it leads to
- Psalms 22:16
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalms 22:16
About Psalms
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.