Psalm 18:37-45

Common English Bible

³⁷ I chased my enemies and caught them!
    I didn’t come home until I finished them off.
³⁸ I struck them down;
    they couldn’t get up again;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹ You equipped me with strength for war;
    you brought my adversaries down underneath me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn tail from me;
    I destroyed my foes.
⁴¹ They cried for help,
        but there was no one to save them.
    They cried for help to the Lord,
        but he wouldn’t answer them.
⁴² I crushed them
        like dust blown away by the wind;
    I threw them out
        like mud dumped in the streets.
⁴³ You delivered me from struggles with many people;
    you appointed me the leader of many nations.
        Strangers come to serve me.
⁴⁴ After hearing about me, they obey me;
    foreigners grovel before me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners lose their nerve;
    they come trembling out of their fortresses.^[a]