41. You made them turn their backs and run away. So I destroyed my enemies.
42. They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to you. But you didn't answer them.
43. I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth. I pounded them and walked on them like mud in the streets.
44. "You saved me when my own people attacked me. You have kept me as the ruler over nations. People I didn't know serve me now.
45. People from other lands bow down to me in fear. As soon as they hear me, they obey me.
46. All of them give up hope. They come trembling out of their hiding places.
47. "The Lord lives! Give praise to my Rock! Give honor to God, the Rock! He is my Savior!
48. He is the God who pays my enemies back. He brings the nations under my control.
49. He sets me free from my enemies. You have honored me more than them. You have saved me from men who want to hurt me.