Psalms 72:9
May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him; 1 may his enemies lick the dust. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
In Context
8May he have dominion from sea to sea, 1 and from the River to the ends of the earth. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 9:18Baalath and Tamar + 9:18 Tamar is also pronounced Tadmor . in the wilderness in the land of Judah,
Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron rod; 1 like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces.” 1
Psalms 22:29All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; 1 all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, 1 those who cannot preserve their own lives. 1
Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations; 1 he will fill the battlegrounds with dead bodies; 1 he will kill the leaders in many countries. 1
Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursemaids; 1 they will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet; 1 and you will know that I am Yahweh; those who wait for me will not be put to shame.” 1
Luke 19:27But these enemies of mine, those who did not want me to reign over them, bring them 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 →