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41 They ·called for help [looked around],
    but no one came to ·save [rescue; T deliver] them.
They ·called [looked] to the Lord,
    but he did not answer them.
42 I ·beat my enemies into pieces [ground/pulverized them], like dust in the wind.
    I poured them out like ·mud [mire] in the streets.

43 You ·saved [rescued; T delivered] me when the people ·attacked me [quarreled; fought].
    You made me the ·leader [ruler; head] of nations.
    People I never knew serve me.

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41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(A)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(B)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(C)
    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.(D)
People I did not know(E) now serve me,

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Footnotes

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