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At night they return like howling dogs;
    they prowl around the city.
Look what pours out of their mouths!
    They use their lips like swords,
        saying[a] “Who will hear us?”

But you, Lord, will laugh at them;
    you will mock all the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:7 The Heb. lacks saying

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

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