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Psalms 59:6

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 transgressors. Selah.

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

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
KJV
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
WEB
They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
ASV
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.
DARBY
They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
BLB
they return at the evening; they growl like a dog, and go all around the city.
ÅB
De kommer igjen om kvelden, tuter som hunder og løper rundt omkring i byen.
OTB
De vender tilbake om kvelden, de knurrer som en hund,
Og streifer rundt i byen.
B1930
De kommer igjen om aftenen, tuter som hunder og løper rundt omkring i byen.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 59:14

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

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  • Psalms 22:16

    For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:11

    Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

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