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

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.

45 Children of a foreign land came cringing to me;

⌊when they heard of me⌋,j they became obedient to me.

46 Children of a foreign land lost heart

and came trembling from their strongholds.

47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock!

May God, the rock of my salvation, be exalted!

48 God does vengeance for me,

bringing down peoples under me.