Psalms 18:39-50 ▼

39 And You girded me with strength for the battle; those rising against me You bent down underneath me.

40 And my enemies, You have given to me the neck; and those hating me, I cut them off!

41 They cried for help, and no one saved them, upon YHWH, and He did not answer them.

42 And I beat them as dust upon the face of the wind; like mud in the streets I trampled them.

43 You rescued me from the disputes of people; You set me as the head of nations; a people I have not known shall serve me.

44 At the hearing of the ear, they listen to me; the sons of a foreigner feign obedience before me.

45 The sons of a foreigner fade away, and they come trembling from their strongholds.

46 YHWH lives! And blessed be my Rock, and the God of my salvation be exalted—

47 the God giving vengeance to me, and subduing the peoples under me,

48 causing me to escape from my enemies, even above, those who rise against me—You lift me up. From the man of violence, You have snatched me.

49 Upon thus, I will confess You among the nations, O YHWH, and to Your name I will sing praise.

50 He is making great the salvation of His king and showing loving devotion to His anointed, of David and to his seed, even to forever.