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Psalms 59:6

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

KJV

Dedisti metuentibus te significationem, ut fugiant a facie arcus ; ut liberentur dilecti tui.

Vulgate

⸂⸆⸃ ἔδωκας τοῖς φοβουμένοις σε σημείωσιν, τοῦ φυγεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου τόξου. διάψαλμα.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָֽה אֱלֹהִ֥ים צְבָא֡וֹת אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הָקִ֗יצָ/ה לִ/פְקֹ֥ד כָּֽל הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם אַל תָּחֹ֨ן כָּל בֹּ֖גְדֵי אָ֣וֶן סֶֽלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
בֹּגְדִ֣ים
bgdym
verb · 49×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָקִ֑יצוּ
yqytsv
verb · 23×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 59:14 — And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
  • Ps 59:14 — And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.