Psalms 72:9
The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
In Context
8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:18and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
Psalms 22:29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
Psalms 110:6He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill [all places] with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
Luke 19:27Moreover those mine enemies, who would not [have] me to reign over them, bring them here and slay [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 →