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42 They looked for help,
    but there was no one to save them.
They cried out to the Lord,
    but he did not answer them.
43 I beat my enemies to pieces
    like dust on the ground.
I smashed them and walked on them
    like mud in the streets.

44 You saved me from those who fought against me.
    You made me the ruler over nations.
    People I never knew now serve me.

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42 They cried for help,(A) but there was no one to save them—(B)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(C)
43 I beat them as fine as the dust(D) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled(E) them like mud(F) in the streets.

44 “You have delivered(G) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(H) me as the head of nations.
People(I) I did not know now serve me,

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