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7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
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Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. …
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Here is, I. Holy David himself triumphing in the interest he had in the prayers of good people (Ps. 20:6): “ Now know I (I that pen the psalm know it) that the Lord saveth his anointed , because he hath stirred up the hearts of the seed of Jacob to pray for him.” Note, It bodes well to any prince and people, and may justly be taken as a happy presage, when God pours upon them a spirit of prayer. I…
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