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Psalm 33:17

Listen to Psalm 33:17
17 Il cavallo è cosa fallace per salvare, E non può liberare colla grandezza della sua possa.

Psalm 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.


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.
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Psalm 33:17 In-Context

15 Egli è quel che ha formato il cuor di essi tutti, Che considera tutte le loro opere.
16 Il re non è salvato per grandezza di esercito; L’uomo prode non iscampa per grandezza di forza.
17 Il cavallo è cosa fallace per salvare, E non può liberare colla grandezza della sua possa.
18 Ecco, l’occhio del Signore è inverso quelli che lo temono; Inverso quelli che sperano nella sua benignità;
19 Per riscuoter l’anima loro dalla morte, E per conservarli in vita in tempo di fame.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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