38 I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them. I did not turn back until finishing them.
39 I wiped them out and I smashed them; they did not get up; they fell under my feet.
40 You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.
41 My enemies you cause to retreat from me; I destroy those who hate me.
42 They looked out, but there was no deliverer, even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth; like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down.
44 You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.