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,
49. Who brought me out from my enemies. You also lifted me up above those who rose up against me; You delivered me from the violent man.
50. For this I will give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51. He is a Tower of salvation and great deliverance to His king, and shows loving-kindness to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever.