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Psalms 59:6

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

In Context

5O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

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Cross References

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 be dead!”

Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:2-8

Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord . 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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