Psalms 59:14,15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

And at evening let them return, &c. This is a repetition of the sixth verse, but is to be understood in a different sense. The sixth verse is a real complaint of their fury and diligence in pursuing him; here he speaks of them with a kind of indifference and contempt; and as free from any apprehension of danger from them. “Let them, if they please, return in the evening, growl at me like dogs, and watch all the avenues of the city, to take me; yet, like greedy dogs, they shall want their food, and wander about, as those shivering for hunger; for they shall not be satisfied, but murmur on account of their disappointment.” The Hebrew verbs of these verses are in the future tense, and ought to have been rendered, “They shall return, &c. They shall make a noise, and go round about the city. They shall wander about, shivering for hunger, and, because not satisfied, they shall murmur.” Chandler and Houbigant.

Psalms 59:14-15

14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

15 Let them wander up and down for meat,d and grudge if they be not satisfied.