Psalm 59:15

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Cross-reference

Psalm 37:25 Contrast

Psalm 37:25 promises the righteous never beg for bread — contrasting with the wicked here who wander for food and growl unsatisfied.

Psalm 109:10 curses the wicked's children to wander and beg for food — same restless desperation for sustenance.

Isaiah 56:11 describes greedy dogs never satisfied, directly paralleling the 'grudge if not satisfied' in Psalm 59:15.

1 Samuel 19:11 Historical context

1 Samuel 19:11 records Saul sending men to watch David's house to kill him — the historical event behind this psalm's imagery of prowling enemies.

Job 15:23 Parallel

Job 15:23 describes the wicked wandering for bread, not knowing where to find it — matching the hungry roaming here.

Micah 3:5 Parallel

Micah 3:5 condemns prophets who cry peace when fed but war when not — mirroring the greedy, growling wanderers here who are unsatisfied.

Deuteronomy 28:53-58 describes the extreme curse of siege cannibalism, echoing the same theme of unsatisfied hunger as the enemies' wandering.

2 Kings 6:25-29 depicts a siege so severe that women eat their children, paralleling the desperate, unsatisfied hunger of Psalm 59:15.

Job 30:1-7 portrays outcasts scavenging in desolate places — similar to the enemies' hungry prowling.

Isaiah 8:21 Parallel

Isaiah 8:21 shows people wandering hungry and enraged, cursing their king and God — parallel to the growling discontent.

Lamentations 4:4 shows children begging for bread with no one to give it, mirroring the unsatisfied craving in Psalm 59:15.

Lamentations 4:9 declares hunger worse than the sword, intensifying the desperation seen in Psalm 59:15's unsatisfied wanderers.

Lamentations 4:10 describes mothers cooking their own children for food, the ultimate expression of unsatisfied hunger like in Psalm 59:15.