⁴³ I beat them until they became like dust.
I walked over them,
    like dirt that lies on the streets.
⁴⁴ You have saved me when my people were attacking me.
    You have made me a ruler of other nations.
People that I did not know before
    now serve me as their ruler.
⁴⁵ Foreign people cannot stand against me,
    because they are afraid.
When they hear about me,
    they choose to obey me.