33. God is my strong Fortress; He guides the blameless in His way and sets him free.
34. He makes my feet like the hinds' [firm and able]; He sets me secure and confident upon the heights.
35. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your condescension and gentleness have made me great.
37. You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
38. I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39. I consumed them and thrust them through, so that they did not arise; they fell at my feet.
40. For You girded me with strength for the battle; those who rose up against me You subdued under me.
41. You have made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42. They looked, but there was none to save–even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
43. Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the street and scattered them abroad.
44. You also have delivered me from strife with my people; You kept me as the head of the nations. People whom I had not known served me.
45. Foreigners yielded feigned obedience to me; as soon as they heard of me, they became obedient to me.
46. Foreigners faded away; they came limping and trembling from their strongholds.
47. The Lord lives; blessed be my Rock, and exalted be God, the Rock of my salvation.
48. It is God Who executes vengeance for me and Who brought down [and disciplined] the peoples under me,