You have freed me from the feuds among my people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

你救我脱离我百姓的争竞，保护我作列国的元首；我素不认识的民必侍奉我。

你救我脱离我百姓的纷争，保护我作列国的元首；我素不认识的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脱离我百姓的纷争，保护我作列国的元首；我素不认识的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脱离我百姓的攻击，让我成为列国的元首，素不相识的民族也归顺我。

你救我脱离了我民的争竞，你立我作列国的元首；我不认识的人民要服事我。

你救我脫離我百姓的爭競，保護我作列國的元首；我素不認識的民必事奉我。

你救我脫離我百姓的紛爭，保護我作列國的元首；我素不認識的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脫離我百姓的紛爭，保護我作列國的元首；我素不認識的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脫離我百姓的攻擊，讓我成為列國的元首，素不相識的民族也歸順我。

你救我脫離了我民的爭競，你立我作列國的元首；我不認識的人民要服事我。

『你解救了我脫離萬族民的爭競；你保守了我做列國的首領；我不認識的民事奉了我。

你救我脫離我民的紛爭，保守我作列國之首，連我不認識的民也服事我。

爾援我於我民之競爭、保我為列邦之元首、我所不識之民、必服役我兮、

民自相爭、爾乃援我、使為他族之巨魁、素所未識者、服役於我。

我國之人攻我、主將我救援、護衛我使我為列國之元首、我未識之民亦服事我、

“ 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,

“ You saved me when people attacked me. You have kept me as the ruler over nations. People I didn’t know serve me now.

“ You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

“ You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.

You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.

“ You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. A people I have not known shall serve me.

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve 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.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.

After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.David captured 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept 100 chariots.When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Aramean men.Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.David took the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.King David also took huge quantities of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Toi and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Joram had items of silver, gold, and bronze with him.King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.

so you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you.”

The war between the house of Saul and the house of David was long and drawn out, with David growing stronger and the house of Saul becoming weaker.

All the people among all the tribes of Israel were arguing:“ The king delivered us from the grasp of our enemies, and he rescued us from the grasp of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

So he won over all the men of Judah, and they sent word to the king:“ Come back, you and all your servants.”

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day— 20,000 casualties.The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging Him on a tree.God exalted this man to His right hand as ruler and Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant: Why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples plot futile things?The kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against His Messiah.“ For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place.

Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,“ Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever!

I will sow her in the land for Myself, and I will have compassion on No Compassion; I will say to Not My People: You are My people, and he will say,“ You are My God.”

For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be annihilated.

He was given authority to rule, and glory, and a kingdom; so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

And again, Isaiah says: The root of Jesse will appear, the One who rises to rule the Gentiles; the Gentiles will hope in Him.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Why do the nations rebel and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One:“ Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints.”The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them.Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:“ I have consecrated My King on Zion, My holy mountain.”

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem remained loyal to their king.

May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Moab is My washbasin. I throw My sandal on Edom; I shout in triumph over Philistia.”Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

“ I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said: Here I am, here I am, to a nation that was not called by My name.

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world.

As He also says in Hosea: I will call Not My People, My People, and she who is Unloved, Beloved.