^{40 Ref} As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.

^{41 Ref} They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

^{42 Ref} And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

^{43 Ref} Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

^{44 Ref} At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

^{45 Ref} Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

^{46 Ref} Jehovah liveth -- and blessed `is' my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.

^{47 Ref} God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,

^{48 Ref} My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

^{49 Ref} Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

^{50 Ref} Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!