41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them(A)
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.(B)
42 I pulverize them like dust before the wind;(C)
I trample them[a] like mud in the streets.(D)

43 You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;(E)
a people I had not known serve me.(F)

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  1. Psalm 18:42 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read I poured them out

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