His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people!

He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings –

A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents.

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!”

His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in what he undertakes. He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones.

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

“The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

For a nation has invaded our land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. Their teeth are like those of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness.

They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, and those far off into a mighty nation. The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion, from that day forward and forevermore.”