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.