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They return at evening, howling like dogs, And prowl around the city.
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Enemies Like Howling Dogs
Commentators explain that the image of dogs is not of pets, but of gaunt, wild, starving packs that roamed ancient cities. This metaphor powerfully illustrates the vicious, relentless, and menacing nature of the psalmist's enemies. They are depicted as howling and circling, driven by an insatiable desire to harm.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They return at evening - Many have rendered this in the imperative, as in (Psalms 59:14), Let them return at evening, e…
19th Century
Anglican
A dog. —This comparison to the gaunt, half-starved wild dogs of an Eastern town has met us before (Psalms 22:16). The …
16th Century
Protestant
They will return at evening. He compares his enemies to famished and furious dogs, which hunger drives to roam endlessly in every directio…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They return at evening It was at evening Saul sent messengers to watch David's house, that they might take him in th…
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…
