I pursued my enemies and overtook them

Yahweh is my crag and my fortress and my deliverer · Psalms 18

Story guide: A distant battlefield pursuit ends as hostile forces retreat. A compressed battlefield pursuit ends in defeated resistance; use distance and dust, not gore.

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37I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed.

38I crushed them, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

39You equipped me with strength for battle; you made those who rose against me bow beneath me.

40You made my enemies turn their backs; I destroyed those who hated me.

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

42I beat them fine like dust before the wind; like mud in the streets I poured them out.

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