Psalms 59:15

15 They wander around looking for food. They groan if they don't find something that will satisfy them.

Psalms 59:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 59:15

Let them wander up and down for meat
Like hungry dogs;

and grudge if they be not satisfied;
or murmur and howl as dogs when hungry, and can find nothing to eat; or "when they shall not be satisfied, and shall lodge" ^F26; when they shall get nothing to satisfy their hungry appetite, and shall go to bed without a supper, and lie all night without food. The Targum is,

``they shall wander about to seize the prey to eat, and will not rest till the are satisfied, and will lie all night;''

that is, in quest of prey.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (wnylyw) "nec satiati cubabunt", Tigurine version; "famelici pernoctabunt", Michaelis.

Psalms 59:15 In-Context

13 Burn them up in your anger. Burn them up until there isn't anything left of them. Then everyone from one end of the earth to the other will know that God rules over the people of Jacob. "Selah"

14 My enemies are like a pack of barking dogs that come back into the city in the evening. They prowl around the city.

15 They wander around looking for food. They groan if they don't find something that will satisfy them.

16 But I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will sing about your love. You are like a fort to me. You keep me safe in times of trouble.

17 You give me strength. I sing praise to you. God, you are like a fort to me. You are my loving God.