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Psalms 72:11

72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

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Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

What does Psalms 72:11 mean?

Psalms 72:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מֶלֶךְ (melek), שָׁחָה (shâchâh), גּוֹי (gôwy).

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Yea,
all
kingsמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
shall
fall
downשָׁחָהshâchâh/shaw-khaw'/H7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
before
him:
all
nationsגּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
shall
serveעָבַדʻâbad/aw-bad'/H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
him.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 72:11.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Ezekiel 32:2

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. whale: or, dragon

Genesis 27:29

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. corrupted: or, were corrupt ceased: Heb. let nothing fall of their

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What does Psalms 72:11 say?

Psalms 72:11 (King James Version) reads: "Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him."

Is Psalms 72:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 72:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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