Psalms 72:9
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
In Context
8He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:18and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
Psalms 2:9Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 22:29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations. He will fill with dead bodies. He will strike through the head in many countries.
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. They shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me s
Luke 19:27Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 72:3-18
The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous… Read the whole commentary →