Tumble to the ground, injured or dead. In the Bible, the term ‘lick the dust’ is utilized twice. In Psalm 72 it is utilized to portray somebody who prostrates before God, so low that they can lick the dust. In Micah 7 the term is utilized to allude to somebody who fears the Lord and leaves their gap to lick the dust like a snake. “They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.”