Psalms 59:15

Psalms 59:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
• New International Version (NIV)They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied.

Context of Psalms 59:15

13Because you are angry with them, destroy them! Destroy them completely, so that they are no more. Then everybody will know that God rules in Israel, and he rules everywhere in the earth. Selah. 14Those bad people come back to the city every evening. They go from place to place, and they cry out like dogs. They go from place to place and they look for food to eat. They will not rest until they are full. 16But I will sing to praise you. I will sing about your strength! In the morning, I will praise you for your faithful love. Because you are the strong place where I can hide. When I am in trouble, you keep me safe. 17You are the one who gives me strength. I will sing songs to praise you. You, God, are my strong, safe place. You are the God who loves me with a faithful love.

Psalms 59:15 word by word

הֵ֭מָּה יְנִיע֣וּן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל אִם־לֹ֥א יִ֝שְׂבְּע֗וּ וַיָּלִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let them wander up and downנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
• for meatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and grudgeלוּןlûn lîyn · to grumbleH3885
• if they be not satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646

Cross-references for Psalms 59:15

• Psalms 109:10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food.
• Job 15:23The wicked person walks about to look for food. He says, “Where is it?” He knows that he cannot escape from trouble.
• Job 30:1‘But now it is different. Men who are younger than I am laugh at me. I would not even trust their fathers to take care of my sheep.
• Isaiah 8:21Then the people will travel through the land, and they will be sad and hungry. Because of their hunger they will become angry. They will curse their king and their God, as they look up to the sky.
• Deuteronomy 28:48So you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send to attack you. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be so poor that you do not even have clothes to wear. Your enemies will make you work so hard that they will destroy you.
• 2 Kings 6:25As a result, there was a famine in the city. The Syrian army were all around the city for a long time. Food in the city was very expensive. A donkey's head cost 80 pieces of silver. A small cup of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
• Lamentations 4:4The mouths of the babies in Jerusalem are completely dry, because they are so thirsty. And the young children ask for food, but nobody gives them anything to eat.
• Lamentations 5:9We meet danger when we work in the fields. Enemies are everywhere and they want to kill us.
• Matthew 24:7People in one country will attack the people in another country. Kings and their armies will fight against other kings and their armies. In some places, people will be hungry, with no food. The ground will shake in many different places.
• Isaiah 56:11They are like dogs who are always hungry. They eat a lot but they never have enough. They are like shepherds who do not understand what to do. They do whatever they want to do, so that it will help them get what they want.
• Micah 3:5The Lord says this: ‘It will be very bad for the prophets who tell false messages. They lead my people the wrong way with false promises. If people give food to them, then they are happy. So they promise that there will be no war. But, if people do not feed them, they become angry. They promise that war will come.

Commentaries on Psalms 59:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Let them wander up and down for meat - Let them be like dogs that wander about for food, and find none. The idea is, that they would not find him, and would be then as dogs that had sought in vain for food. And grudge if they be not satisfied - Margin, If they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night. The marginal reading is most in accordance with the Hebrew. The sentence is obscure, but the idea seems to be that they would not be satisfied - that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 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 God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The wicked will remain unsatisfied, but the psalmist will praise the Lord's strength and loving devotion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Meanwhile let the rapacious dogs prowl, they cannot hurt the pious; yea, they shall wander famished and sleepless.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 59:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Michal
• Michtam
• Prevent
• Psalms
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Grudge
• Psalms, Book of
• Song

Commentaries on Psalms 59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary