Psalm 18:37-45

Good News Translation

³⁷I pursue my enemies and catch them;
    I do not stop until I destroy them.
³⁸I strike them down, and they cannot rise;
    they lie defeated before me.
³⁹You give me strength for the battle
    and victory over my enemies.
⁴⁰You make my enemies run from me;
    I destroy those who hate me.
⁴¹They cry for help, but no one saves them;
    they call to the Lord, but he does not answer.
⁴²I crush them, so that they become like dust
    which the wind blows away.
I trample on them like mud in the streets.

⁴³You saved me from a rebellious people
    and made me ruler over the nations;
    people I did not know have now become my subjects.
⁴⁴Foreigners bow before me;
    when they hear me, they obey.
⁴⁵They lose their courage
    and come trembling from their fortresses.