44 (A)You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
(B)You have kept me as head of the nations;
(C)A people whom I have not known serve me.
45 (D)Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 “Foreigners [a]lose heart,
(E)And [b]come trembling out of their [c]fortresses.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit languish
  2. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit gird themselves
  3. 2 Samuel 22:46 Lit fastnesses

44 “You have delivered(A) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(B) me as the head of nations.
People(C) I did not know now serve me,
45     foreigners cower(D) before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.(E)
46 They all lose heart;
    they come trembling[a](F) from their strongholds.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves