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.