The Meaning of Psalms 59:6 Explained

Psalms 59:6

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

YLT: They turn back at evening, They make a noise 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:

ASV: They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 59:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 59:1-17 - "god Is My High Tower"
This is the fifth of the Michtams, or "Golden Psalms." Compare Psalms 16:1-11; Psalms 56:1-13; Psalms 57:1-11; Psalms 58:1-11. The contents correspond to the title and to 1 Samuel 19:11.
The most noticeable feature is the twice-repeated refrain of Psalms 59:9; Psalms 17:1-15. In each case David appeals to God as my strength, and describes Him as my high tower and the God of my mercy. The possessive pronoun my is very remarkable. Each of us needs mercy of a very special sort. My mercy would not help you, nor would yours help me. Note also that God's mercy prevents, that is, "goes in front," Psalms 59:10. As the mother's thought prepares beforehand for the child, so God thinks ahead for us, and leads us into the good things which He has prepared for them that love Him, 1 Corinthians 2:9; Psalms 31:19.
In the first refrain David says, "I will wait for thee;" in the second, "I will sing praises." Waiting on God leads to singing. All night Saul's emissaries might prowl around David's home, like the wild dogs of an Eastern city. But within he was singing aloud of God's mercy, and when the morning broke he was in safety. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 59

1  David prays to be delivered from his enemies
6  He complains of their cruelty
8  He trusts in god
11  He prays against them
16  He praises God

What do the individual words in Psalms 59:6 mean?

They return at evening they growl like a dog and go all around the city
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לָ֭עֶרֶב יֶהֱמ֥וּ כַכָּ֗לֶב וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ עִֽיר

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ  They  return 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לָ֭עֶרֶב  at  evening 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.
יֶהֱמ֥וּ  they  growl 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הָמָה  
Sense: to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar.
כַכָּ֗לֶב  like  a  dog 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּלֶב  
Sense: dog.
וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ  and  go  all  around 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָבַב  
Sense: to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or arou nd, surround, encircle, change direction.
עִֽיר  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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