Psalms 59:15

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

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 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be; and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah

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, and grumble if they be not satisfied.

16 But I will sing of Thy power, yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning; for Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto Thee, O my Strength, will I sing; for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.