43 You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;(A)
a people I had not known serve me.(B)
44 Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear,[a] they obey me.(C)
45 Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.(D)

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  1. Psalm 18:44 Lit At the hearing of the ear

43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(A)
People I did not know(B) now serve me,
44     foreigners(C) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;(D)
    they come trembling(E) from their strongholds.(F)

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