Psalm 72:9

The Scriptures 1998

Let those dwelling in the desert bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.

Cross References

Genesis 3:14

And יהוה  Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and more than every beast of the field. On your belly you are to go, and eat dust all the days of your life.

1 Kings 9:18

and Baʽ

Psalm 110:1

יהוה  said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Psalm 110:6

He judges among the nations, He shall fill the nations with dead bodies, He shall crush the Head over the mighty earth!

Psalm 2:9

‘Break them with a rod of iron, Dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Psalm 22:29

All the fat ones of the earth Shall eat and bow themselves; All who go down to the dust bow before Him, Even he who did not keep alive his own life.

Isaiah 49:23

“And sovereigns shall be your foster fathers, and their sovereignesses your nursing mothers. They bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. And you shall know that I am יהוה  – those who wait for Me shall not be ashamed.”

Micah 7:17

Let them lick the dust like a serpent, let them come trembling from their strongholds like snakes of the earth, let them be afraid of יהוה  our Elohim and fear because of You.

Luke 19:27

‘But those enemies of mine who did not wish me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”