Psalm 47:3; Psalm 144:2; Isaiah 45:1

He bsubdued peoples under us,

and nations under our feet.


he is my isteadfast love and my jfortress,

my kstronghold and my deliverer,

my lshield and he in whom I take refuge,

who msubdues peoples1 under me.


Cyrus, God’s Instrument

45  Thus says the Lord to phis anointed, to Cyrus,

qwhose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and rto loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed: