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 succeeds to prayer. David's enemies in character resembled unclean dogs attacking him (Psalms 22:16-20); therefore their portion, he foresees, shall be that of dogs, which in Eastern cities wander up and down without any owner, half starved and ravenous, ready to eat offal or any filthy food, for lack of sustenance. The prayer that this may be their punishment, in order to accord with their sin, follows in similar words in Psalms 59:14, 'they return at evening,' after having throughout the day in vain sought for food: "they make a noise" or howl through hunger, "and go round about the city" seeking food (Psalms 59:15).