44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:43).
42
They looked, but there was no one to save them; even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.
43
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth; I stamped them as the mire of the street and spread them abroad.
44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.
45
The strangers trembled before my command; as soon as they heard, they obeyed me.
46
The strangers withered away and trembled in their close places.