42 They looked, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but (A)he did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine (B)as the dust of the earth;
    I crushed them and stamped them down (C)like the mire of the streets.

44 “You delivered me from strife with my people;[a]
    you kept me as the head of (D)the nations;
    (E)people whom I had not known served me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:44 Septuagint with the peoples

42 They cried for help,(A) but there was no one to save them—(B)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(C)
43 I beat them as fine as the dust(D) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled(E) them like mud(F) in the streets.

44 “You have delivered(G) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(H) me as the head of nations.
People(I) I did not know now serve me,

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