42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I (A)cast them out like dirt in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people;
(B)You have made me the head of the [a]nations;
(C)A people I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me;
The foreigners [b]submit to me.

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  1. Psalm 18:43 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 18:44 feign submission

42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(A)
    I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(B)
People I did not know(C) now serve me,
44     foreigners(D) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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  1. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out