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.
46. The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
47. The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted: