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Psalms Chapter 72 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
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BBE Psalms 72:9

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
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DARBY Psalms 72:9

The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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KJV Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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WBT Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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WEB Psalms 72:9

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
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YLT Psalms 72:9

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.