Psalms 72:9
Before him shall bend down those that dwell in the wilderness; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Ba'alath, and Thadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”
Psalms 22:29(22:30) All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations—there shall be a fulness of corpses—he crusheth heads on a wide-spread land.
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers; with the face toward the earth shall they bow down to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, who will not suffer those who hope in me to be ashamed.
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 →