Psalms 59:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 59:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They return at evening - Many have rendered this in the imperative, as in Psalms 59:14 , “Let them return at evening,” etc. So Luther renders it, and so also DeWette. But the more natural and ob...
Psalms 59:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They return at evening: they make a noise like a (e) dog, and go round about the city. (e) He compares their cruelty to hungry dogs showing that they are never weary in doing evil.
Psalms 59:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59...
Psalms 59:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. They will return at evening. He compares his enemies to famished and furious dogs which hunger impels to course with endless circuits in every direction, and under this figure accuses the...
Psalms 59:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. They return at evening - When the beasts of prey leave their dens, and go prowling about the cities and villages to...
Psalms 59:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They return at evening— Saul sent once to destroy him, and the messengers went back to inform him that he was ill; but they returned in the evening, to bring him even in his bed. Mudge renders it,...
Psalms 59:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Here hopeful anticipation...
Psalms 59:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57 . Th...
Psalms 59:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A dog. — This comparison to the gaunt half-starved wild dogs of an Eastern town has met us before ( Psalms 22:16 ). The verbs should be rendered as futures here and in Psalms 59:15 . Make a nois...
Psalms 59:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:1-17 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest af...
Psalms 59:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God Is My High Tower” Psalms 59:1-17 This is the fifth of the Michtams, or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1-11 ; Psalms 56:1-13 ; Psalms 57:1-11 ; Psalms 58:1-11 . The contents corre...
Psalms 59:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is...
Psalms 59:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these expressions, if considered as referring to Christ, carry a correspondence with his complaints in other scriptures. Bulls of Bashan, and dogs from the assembly, beset him around. Psalms 22:...
Psalms 59:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They 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...
Psalms 59:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Ver. 6. They return at evening ] sc. To mine house at Gibeah of Saul, hoping to find me then at home again; as...
Psalms 59:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They return at evening Saul sent once to destroy him, and the messengers went back to inform him that he was ill; but they returned in the evening to bring him even in his bed. They make a noise l...
Psalms 59:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to...
Psalms 59:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They return at evening, after they have been busy all day, either in plotting against me, or in hunting after me. In the evening, when they should compose themselves to rest, they return to their o...
Psalms 59:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Expresses His Confidence That YHWH Will Protect Him ( Psalms 59:6-10 ). Describing his enemies as like a pack of stray dogs on the prowl (compare also Psalms 59:14 ) David is confident that...
Psalms 59:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.— “ To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psalms 56 . “ When Saul sent, and they watched the...
Psalms 59:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:6 . They make a noise like a dog. Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day,...
Psalms 59:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God . Revelations of the good and bad in human nature I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we lea...
Psalms 59:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1-19 and Psalms 57:1-19 , this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be gran...
Psalms 59:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer of an Innocent Person against Those who Seek His Soul. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody "Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when...
Psalms 59:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:11 ; Psalms 59:14
Psalms 59:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Return — Watching for me: which they did at this time all the night long, 1 Samuel 19:11 . A dog — When he is pursuing his prey. Go round — When they did not find him in his own house, they sought...

Psalms 59:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 59:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes