Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha RSVA
New International Version NIV
39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
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I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
40 For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.
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You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
41 Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
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You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.
43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
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I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 "Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples; thou didst keep me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
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“You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
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foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their fastnesses.
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They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
47 "The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
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“The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!
48 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,
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He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,
49 who brought me out from my enemies; thou didst exalt me above my adversaries, thou didst deliver me from men of violence.
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who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
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