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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.

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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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