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2 Samuel 22:36-51 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

36. You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your help exalts me.

37. You widen a place beneath me for my steps,and my ankles do not give way.

38. I pursue my enemies and destroy them;I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

39. I wipe them out and crush them,and they do not rise;they fall beneath my feet.

40. You have clothed me with strength for battle;You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

41. You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

42. They look, but there is no one to save them —they look to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

43. I pulverize them like dust of the earth;I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.

44. You have freed me from the feuds among my people; You have appointed me the head of nations;a people I had not known serve me.

45. Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;as soon as they hear, they obey me.

46. Foreigners lose heartand come trembling from their fortifications.

47. The Lord lives — may my rock be praised!God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

48. God — He gives me vengeanceand casts down peoples under me.

49. He frees me from my enemies.You exalt me above my adversaries;You rescue me from violent men.

50. Therefore I will praise You, Lord, among the nations;I will sing about Your name.

51. He is a tower of salvation for His king;He shows loyalty to His anointed,to David and his descendants forever.

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