38. “I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
39. I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
40. You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
41. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
42. They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer.
43. I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44. “You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
45. foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
47. “The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!