Salmos 33:17

17 Vanidad es el caballo para la salvación; con la grandeza de su fuerza no librará

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 formó el corazón de todos ellos; él considera todas sus obras

16 El rey no es salvo con la multitud del ejército; no escapa el valiente con la mucha fuerza

17 Vanidad es el caballo para la salvación; con la grandeza de su fuerza no librará

18 He aquí, el ojo del SEÑOR sobre los que le temen, sobre los que esperan su misericordia

19 para librar sus almas de la muerte, y para darles vida en el hambre