41 They [a]cried, but there was none to save them, even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

42 Then I did beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did tread them flat as the clay in the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people: thou hast made me the head of the [b]heathen, a people, whom I have not [c]known, shall serve me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:41 They that reject the cry of the afflicted, God will also reject them, when they cry for help: for either pain or fear cause those hypocrites to cry.
  2. Psalm 18:43 Which dwell round about me.
  3. Psalm 18:43 The kingdom of Christ is in David’s kingdom prefigured, who by the preaching of his word bringeth all to his subjection.

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