Psalms 18:35-48

35You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.

36You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

37I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

38I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.

39You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them  — they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

42I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.

43You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

44Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear they obey me.

45Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

46The Lord lives — blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted.

47God — he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me.

48He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men.