Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

2 Kings 22:35-45 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

35. He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

36. Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.

37. Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.

38. I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.

39. I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.

40. Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.

41. My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.

42. They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.

43. I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.

44. Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,

45. The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.