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Each evening they return,
    growling like dogs, prowling the city.(A)
Their mouths pour out insult;
    sharp words are on their lips.
    They say: “Who is there to hear?”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 59:8 Who is there to hear?: a sample of the enemies’ godless reflection. The answer is that God hears their blasphemies.

See what they spew from their mouths(A)
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)
But you laugh at them, Lord;(D)
    you scoff at all those nations.(E)

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