43 Then I beat them as fine ^aas the dust of the earth;
I trod them ^blike dirt in the streets,
And I¹ spread them out. ‡

44 “You^a have also delivered me from the¹ strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the ^bhead of the nations.
^cA people I have not known shall serve me. ‡

46 The foreigners fade away,
And¹ come frightened ^afrom their hideouts. ‡

47 “The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let God be exalted,
The ^aRock of my salvation! ‡