Psalms 72:9
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
Catholic Public Domain 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
8They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
10Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:18and Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.
Psalms 2:9You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
Psalms 110:6He will announce the virtue of his works to his people,
Isaiah 49:23And kings will be your caretakers, and queens will be your nursemaids. They will reverence you with their face to the ground, and they will lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am the Lord. For those who hope in him will not be confounded.
Luke 19:27‘Yet truly, as for those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here, and put them to death 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 →