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40 You have made my enemies turn their back to me,
    and I will destroy those who hate me.
41 They cried out for deliverance,
    but there was no one to deliver;
they cried out[a] to the Lord,
    but he did not answer them.
42 I ground them like wind-swept dust;
    I emptied them out[b] like dirt in the street.

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  1. Psalm 18:41 The Heb. lacks they cried out
  2. Psalm 18:42 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs; LXX reads I will grind them down

40 You made my enemies turn their backs(A) in flight,
    and I destroyed(B) my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(C)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(D)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(E)
    I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.

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