43 I pulverize them like dust of the earth;
I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.(A)

44 You have freed me from the feuds among my people;(B)
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.(C)
45 Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

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43 I beat them as fine as the dust(A) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled(B) them like mud(C) in the streets.

44 “You have delivered(D) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(E) me as the head of nations.
People(F) I did not know now serve me,
45     foreigners cower(G) before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.(H)

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