45     foreigners cower(A) before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.(B)
46 They all lose heart;
    they come trembling[a](C) from their strongholds.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves

45 (A)Foreigners pretend to obey me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 Foreigners lose heart,
(B)And [a]come trembling out of their fortresses.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Reading based on Ps 18:45; MT belt up themselves

45 They obey and come crawling.
46     They have lost all courage
and from their fortresses
    they come trembling.

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