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42 They looked, but there was no one to save them.
They looked to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
43 I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust on the ground.
I crushed them and stomped on them like the dirt on the streets.

44 You rescued me from my conflicts with my people.
You kept me as the leader of nations.
A people I did not know will serve me.

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42 They cried for help,(A) but there was no one to save them—(B)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(C)
43 I beat them as fine as the dust(D) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled(E) them like mud(F) in the streets.

44 “You have delivered(G) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(H) me as the head of nations.
People(I) I did not know now serve me,

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