22:40 You give me strength for battle; 1
you make my foes kneel before me. 2
22:41 You make my enemies retreat; 3
I destroy those who hate me.
22:42 They cry out, 4 but there is no one to help them; 5
they cry out to the Lord, 6 but he does not answer them.
22:43 I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground;
I crush them and stomp on them like clay 7 in the streets.
22:44 You rescue me from a hostile army; 8
you preserve me as a leader of nations;
people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. 9
22:45 Foreigners are powerless before me; 10
when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. 11
22:46 Foreigners lose their courage; 12
they shake with fear 13 as they leave 14 their strongholds. 15
22:47 The Lord is alive! 16
My protector 17 is praiseworthy! 18
The God who delivers me 19 is exalted as king! 20
22:48 The one true God completely vindicates me; 21
he makes nations submit to me. 22
22:49 He delivers me from my enemies; 23
you snatch me away 24 from those who attack me; 25
you rescue me from violent men.
22:50 So I will give you thanks, O Lord, before the nations! 26
I will sing praises to you. 27
22:51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; 28
he is faithful to his chosen ruler, 29
to David and to his descendants forever!”