Psalms 18:40-48

⁴⁰By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

⁴¹They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

⁴²Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

⁴³You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

⁴⁴From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

⁴⁵They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

⁴⁶The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

⁴⁷It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

⁴⁸He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.