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42 I beat them to pieces like dust blown by the wind.
    I smashed them like mud in the streets.

43 You saved me from those who fought against me.
    You made me the ruler over nations.
    People I never knew now serve me.
44 As soon as they heard about me, they were ready to obey.
    Those foreigners fall helpless before me!

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42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(A)
    I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(B)
People I did not know(C) now serve me,
44     foreigners(D) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out