40. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41. They cried [for help], but there was none to deliver–even unto the Lord, but He answered them not.
42. Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets.
43. You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You made me the head of the nations; a people I had not known served me.
44. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me.
45. Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their caves or strongholds.
46. The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted,