2 Samuel

⁴⁰For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. ⁴¹Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, that I might cut off them that hate me. ⁴²They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. ⁴³Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. ⁴⁴Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. ⁴⁵The strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. ⁴⁶The strangers shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.