Salmos 33:17

17 Falsa esperanza de victoria es el caballo, ni con su mucha fuerza puede librar.

Salmos 33:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 33:17

A horse [is] a vain thing for safety
Though it is prepared for the day of battle, and is a very warlike creature, and of great service in war, yet safety only is of the Lord, ( Proverbs 21:31 ) ; this is put for all kinds of military preparations which men are apt to trust in, but should not, for they are "a lie" ^F9, as the horse is here said to be; that is, deceives and disappoints when trusted to; in like manner the olive is said "to lie", ( Habakkuk 3:17 ) ; when hope of fruit from it is disappointed; so "fundus mendax" in Horace ^F11;

neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength;
in the time of battle; either by fighting for him, or fleeing with him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (rqv) "mendacium", Pagninus, Montanus; "fallax", V. L.
F11 Epod. l. 1. Ode 16. ver. 45. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 1. v. 30. "Spem mentita seges", ib. Epist. l. 1. ep. 7. v. 87.

Salmos 33:17 In-Context

15 El, que modela el corazón de cada uno de ellos; El, que todas las obras de ellos entiende.

16 El rey no se salva por gran ejército; ni es librado el valiente por la mucha fuerza.

17 Falsa esperanza de victoria es el caballo, ni con su mucha fuerza puede librar.

18 He aquí, los ojos del SEÑOR están sobre los que le temen, sobre los que esperan en su misericordia,

19 para librar su alma de la muerte, y conservarlos con vida en tiempos de hambre.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., salvacin