6 They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
6 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
6 They return when the sun goes down, They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
6 At evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city.
6 They come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 59:6
Commentary on Psalm 59:1-7
(Read Psalm 59:1-7)
In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voice of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution. And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivered from our spiritual enemies, the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of our own hearts. We should fear suffering as evil-doers, but not be ashamed of the hatred of workers of iniquity. It is not strange, if those regard not what they themselves say, who have made themselves believe that God regards not what they say. And where there is no fear of God, there is nothing to secure proper regard to man.