Psalms 18:30-47

³⁰As for God—his way is perfect! The word of Yahweh is pure! He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him.

³¹For who is God except Yahweh? Who is a rock except our God?

³²It is God who puts strength on me like a belt, who places the blameless person on his path.

³³He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the heights!

³⁴He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand has supported me, and your favor has made me great.

³⁶You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me so that my feet have not slipped.

³⁷I pursued my enemies and caught them; I did not turn back until they were destroyed.

³⁸I smashed them so that they were unable to rise; they have fallen under my feet.

³⁹For you put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.

⁴⁰You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.

⁴¹They called for help, but no one saved them; they called out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

⁴²I beat them into fine pieces like dust before the wind; I threw them out like mud in the streets.

⁴³You rescued me from the disputes of people. You have made me the head over nations. People that I have not known serve me.

⁴⁴As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners were forced to bow to me.

⁴⁵The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.

⁴⁶Yahweh lives; may my rock be praised. May the God of my salvation be exalted.

⁴⁷He is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subdues the nations under me.