38. "I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39. "And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet.
40. "For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41. "You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
42. "They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
43. "Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
44. "You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
45. "Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46. "Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
47. "The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48. The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,