Psalms 18:39-48

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.

⁴⁸I am set free from my enemies! Indeed, you lifted me above the ones who rose against me! You rescued me from violent men.