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43 You rescued me from strife with people;
you set me as head (over) nations.
People I did not know served me;
44 as soon as they heard,[a] they obeyed me.
The children of a foreign land feigned obedience before me.
45 The children of a foreign land lost heart,[b]
and they came trembling from their strongholds.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:44 Literally “hearing of ear”
  2. Psalm 18:45 Literally “sunk down”

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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