Psalms 72:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. They that dwell in the wilderness - The ציים tsiyim, termed Ethiopians by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic. The Syriac terms them the islands. But it is likely that those who dwell by the sea-coasts, and support themselves by navigation and fishing, are here intended.

His enemies shall lick the dust - Shall be so completely subdued, that they shall be reduced to the most abject state of vassalage, till they shall become proselytes to the Jewish faith.

Psalms 72:9

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