42 I beat them fine as (A)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like (B)the mire of the streets.

43 You delivered me from (C)strife with the people;
    you made me (D)the head of the nations;
    (E)people whom I had not known served me.
44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    (F)foreigners (G)came cringing to me.

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42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(A)
    I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(B)
People I did not know(C) now serve me,
44     foreigners(D) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out