Psalms 18:35-48

35You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds and sustains me; Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

36You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure, So that my feet will not slip.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

38I shattered them so that they were not able to rise; They fell [wounded] under my feet.

39For You have encircled me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat], And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.

42Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.

43You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

44As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me; Foreigners feign obedience to me.

45Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their strongholds.

46The Lord lives, blessed be my rock; And may the God of my salvation be exalted,

47The God who avenges me, And subdues peoples (nations) under me.

48He rescues me from my enemies; Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the man of violence.