39. I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;they fell under my feet.
40. For you equipped me with strength for the battle;you made those who rise against me sink under me.
41. You made my enemies turn their backs to me,those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42. They looked, but there was none to save;they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
43. I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
44. “You 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 came cringing to me;as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46. Foreigners lost heartand came trembling out of their fortresses.
47. “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
48. the God who gave me vengeanceand brought down peoples under me,