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42 They looked, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth,
    I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

44 “Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples;[a]
    thou didst keep me as the head of the nations;
    people whom I had not known served me.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:44 Gk: Heb from strife with my people

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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