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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:14

And at evening let them return— This is a repetition of the 6th verse, but is to be understood in a different sense: The 6th verse is a real complaint of their fury and diligence in pursuing him; here he speaks of them with a kind of indifference and contempt; and as free from any apprehension of danger from them. "Let them, if they please, return in the evening, growl at me like dogs, and watch all the avenues of the city to take me: Yet like greedy dogs they shall want their food and wander about, as though shivering for hunger; for they shall not be satisfied, but murmur on account of their disappointment." The 15th verse should be rendered, They shall wander about, shivering for hunger, and because not satisfied they shall murmur. See Chandler and Houbigant.

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See also Psalms 59:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 59:14. _AT EVENING LET THEM RETURN_] He had mentioned before, Psalms 59:6, that these persons came like beasts of prey round the city striving to get in, that they might take possession....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND AT EVENING LET THEM RETURN - See the notes at Psalms 59:6. The original here is the same as in Psalms 59:6, with the exception of the word “and” at the beginning. This qualifies the sentence, and...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 59 Gentile Enmity Against Israel _ 1. Surrounded by nations (Psalms 59:1)_ 2. Their judgment anticipated (Psalms 59:9) Another Michtam of David when he was persecuted by Saul. While in prev...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59:8 the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist contrasts the baffled rage of his persecutors with his own calm trust in God....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A repetition of Psalms 59:6. But is it (1) as the A.V. appears to take it, an ironical repetition as a curse? let them do now perforce what they did before in malice and wantonness, wandering to and f...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 59 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Beleaguered Psalmist Prays for Rescue and Avenging. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 59:1-5, In Praying for Rescue, the Psalmist Describes the Character and Conduct of his...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AT EVENING LET THEM RETURN; AND LET THEM MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DOG, AND GO ROUND ABOUT THE CITY._ -Second part of the second division. David's anticipation of the enemy's doom, and of his own joyfu...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; _set_ to Al-tashheth. _A Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57. The s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Almost a repetition of Psalms 59:6. It may mean that the contemptible attitude of the heathen described in Psalms 59:6 is all that is to be left them....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 59:15]_ וְ יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לָ֭ † עֶרֶב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 59:1 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest affinitie...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “GOD IS MY HIGH TOWER” Psalms 59:1 This is the fifth of the _Michtams,_ or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1; Psalms 56:1; Psalms

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is m...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And at evening let them (m) return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. (m) He mocks their vain enterprises, being assured that they will not bring their purpose to p...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What strong figures are chosen in these verses to point out the restless, wretched, unsatisfying state of the wicked, whose mind is like the troubled sea! Isaiah 57:20....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    14_And at evening they shall return _It is of no consequence whether we read the words in the future tense or in the subjunctive, understanding it to be a continuance of the preceding prayer. But it s...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 59 gives more the external enemies. The same wickedness is found there, but the might of human power with it. But they also must be judged, that wickedness may be set aside. Nor was it the sin...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AT EVENING LET THEM RETURN; [AND] LET THEM MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DOG, AND GO ROUND ABOUT THE CITY. What in Psalms 59:6 is related as matter of fact, is here expressed by way of imprecation; and what...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Ver. 14. _And at evening let them return, &c._] Let these backsliders in heart be filled with thei...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And at evening let them return_, &c. This is a repetition of the sixth verse, but is to be understood in a different sense. The sixth verse is a real complaint of their fury and diligence in pursuing...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAYER OF AN INNOCENT PERSON AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK HIS SOUL. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody "Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when Sau...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog and go round about the city, unable to satisfy their hunger, foiled in their attempts to do harm....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the Go...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    What was their sin and their choice to do with evil design, let it be their punishment to do it by constraint, and for meat, as it follows, PSALMS 59:15....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 59:14 evening H6153 return H7725 (H8799) growl H1993 (H8799) dog H3611 around H5437 (H8779) city...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS WOULD BE ASSASSINS CAN WANDER UP AND DOWN LIKE STRAY DOGS ALL NIGHT IF THEY WISH, BUT HE WILL MEANWHILE SING OF THE TRIUMPH AND PROTECTION OF HIS GOD (PSALMS 59:14). David concludes the Psalm by t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of the malice of enemies and comfort and confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who are for Christ's sake, harmless and innocent may expect to be hated of w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 59:6. _They make a noise like a dog._ Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day, and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    DELIVER ME FROM MINE ENEMIES, O MY GOD. REVELATIONS OF THE GOOD AND BAD IN HUMAN NATURE I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we learn that...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 59:1. This is an individual lament, seeking God’s protection from enemies who threaten the faithful person’s life. The title connects the psalm to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 59:11 The basic request is that God will bring judgment on these people in such a way that all people, both in Israel (MY PEOPLE, v. Psalms 59:11

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Michtam of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 56. “_When Saul sent, and they watched the house...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1 and Psalms 57:1, this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be granted. From the psal...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 59:1-17 is another one of those "destroy not" prayers of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him. His wife, Michael, let him out of the window in a basket and David escaped. B...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Psalms 22:16; Psalms 59:6...

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