Psalm 72:9
New International Version
May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

New Living Translation
Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust.

English Standard Version
May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!

Berean Standard Bible
May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

King James Bible
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

New King James Version
Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust.

New American Standard Bible
May the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

NASB 1995
Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

NASB 1977
Let the nomads of the desert bow before him; And his enemies lick the dust.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let the desert creatures kneel before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

Amplified Bible
The nomads of the desert will bow before him, And his enemies will lick the dust.

Christian Standard Bible
May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

American Standard Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The islands shall bow before him and his enemies will lick up the dust.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Contemporary English Version
Force the desert tribes to accept his rule, and make his enemies crawl in the dirt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.

English Revised Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May the people of the desert kneel in front of him. May his enemies lick the dust.

Good News Translation
The peoples of the desert will bow down before him; his enemies will throw themselves to the ground.

International Standard Version
May the nomads bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; And his enemies lick the dust.

Literal Standard Version
Desert-dwellers bow before Him, | And His enemies lick the dust.

Majority Standard Bible
May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

New American Bible
May his foes kneel before him, his enemies lick the dust.

NET Bible
Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

New Revised Standard Version
May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

New Heart English Bible
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

Webster's Bible Translation
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

World English Bible
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

Young's Literal Translation
Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust. 10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.…

Cross References
Psalm 22:29
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him--even those unable to preserve their lives.

Psalm 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Isaiah 23:13
Look at the land of the Chaldeans--a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame."

Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.


Treasury of Scripture

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

they that

1 Kings 9:18,20,21
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, …

Isaiah 35:1,2
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose…

his enemies

Psalm 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 21:8,9
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee…

Psalm 110:1,6
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool…

lick

Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

Jump to Previous
Bow Desert Dry Dust Dwell Dwellers Enemies Foes Haters Inhabitants Lick Nomads Places Tribes Wilderness
Jump to Next
Bow Desert Dry Dust Dwell Dwellers Enemies Foes Haters Inhabitants Lick Nomads Places Tribes Wilderness
Psalm 72
1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the goodness and glory of God's kingdom
18. He blessed God














(9) They that dwell in the wilderness. . . .--The Hebrew word in other places is used of "wild animals" (Psalm 74:14; Isaiah 23:13). Here apparently it refers to the nomad tribes wandering over the desert. The LXX. and ancient versions generally have "'thiopians."

Lick the dust.--The allusion is to the Eastern etiquette of prostration before a sovereign.

Verse 9. - They that dwell in the wilderness shall how before him (for the meaning here assigned to tsiyyim (ציּים), see Psalm 74:14; Isaiah 23:13). The wild tribes of the Syrian and Arabian deserts are probably intended (comp. Isaiah 60:6, 7). And his enemies shall lick the dust; i.e., prostrate themselves at his feet with their faces in the dust. See the Assyrian representations of Oriental prostrations ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1, pp. 266, 502).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May the nomads
צִיִּ֑ים (ṣî·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6728: Wild beast of the desert, that dwell in inhabiting the wilderness

bow
יִכְרְע֣וּ (yiḵ·rə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate

before him,
לְ֭פָנָיו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and his enemies
וְ֝אֹיְבָ֗יו (wə·’ō·yə·ḇāw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

lick
יְלַחֵֽכוּ׃ (yə·la·ḥê·ḵū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3897: To lick

the dust.
עָפָ֥ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud


Links
Psalm 72:9 NIV
Psalm 72:9 NLT
Psalm 72:9 ESV
Psalm 72:9 NASB
Psalm 72:9 KJV

Psalm 72:9 BibleApps.com
Psalm 72:9 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 72:9 Chinese Bible
Psalm 72:9 French Bible
Psalm 72:9 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Psalm 72:9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall (Psalm Ps Psa.)
Psalm 72:8
Top of Page
Top of Page