King James Version
Psalms 59:6 in the King James Version says “They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 59 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.”
Psalms 59:6 · KJV
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. help: Heb. meet
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“they make a noise”
H1993to make a loud sound (like english 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
“and go round about”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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