Psalm 59:6 (WEB)
They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“But that some of the chief-priests also were present, and that He was put in bonds before the gates of the city, thou hast heard before, if thou rememberest the exposition of the Psalm, which has told the time and the place; how they returned at evening, and hungered like dogs, and encompassed the city.” — editor's note: Ps. lix. 6. The exposition was probably given in a sermon preached to the whole congregation, not in these Lectures.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Notwithstanding this he has no church, nor a people to obey him, but is scouted by them all, like a dog, although they have even caused the Emperor to write to the Receiver-General (for everything is in their power), commanding that a church should be built for…” — editor's note: Dogs without owners, and almost in a wild state, abound, as is well known, in Eastern cities; vid. Psalm lix. 6, 14, 15; 2 Kings ix. 35, 36. and for the view…
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Augustine of Hippo
““Let them be converted at the evening” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“If ye remember already, I have made mention thereof in another Psalm, wherein hath been said, “And they shall go around the city.”” — editor's note: VidePs. lix. 6, p. 240, supra.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians II.2.