Psalms 72:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭פָנָיו יִכְרְע֣וּ צִיִּ֑ים וְ֝אֹיְבָ֗יו עָפָ֥ר יְלַחֵֽכוּ׃

Transliteration

Before-pānāyw yikrəʿû ṣîyîm and-ʾōyəbāyw ʿāpār yəlaḥēkû

Grammar Details

*lə-pānāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - before him
*yikrəʿû*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will bow down
*ṣîyîm*: noun, masculine, plural - desert dwellers/wild animals
*wə-ʾōyəbāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine, plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his enemies
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine, singular - dust
*yəlaḥēkû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will lick

Word Meanings

*pānāyw*: his face/his presence/before him
*yikrəʿû*: they will bow/kneel/fall prostrate
*ṣîyîm*: desert dwellers/inhabitants of dry places/wild beasts
*ʾōyəbāyw*: his enemies/adversaries/foes
*ʿāpār*: dust/dirt/powder
*yəlaḥēkû*: they will lick/lap up

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Referenced Verses

Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Mic 7:17 : 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
1 Kgs 9:18 : 18 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Kgs 9:20-21 : 20 As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel; 21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
Ps 22:29 : 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Ps 110:6 : 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.

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