The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 59:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Let them wander up and down for meat; rather, they wander up and down for meat. David himself was the prey which they desired. They kept guard around his house, wandering, no doubt, up and down. And grudge if they be not satisfied; rather, as in the margin and in the Revised Version, and if they be not satisfied, they will stay all night.

This they appear to have done from 1 Samuel 19:11-15.

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