39And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.
40As to mine enemies — Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me — I cut them off.
41They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
42And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
43Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.
44At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,