Psalms 33:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 33

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¹⁷An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

Psalms 33:17 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Job 39:19-25
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? …
Hosea 14:3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Topics

Animals Confidence False Confidence Horse

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-22)

We are here taught to give to God the glory, I. Of his common providence towards all the children of men. Though he has endued man with understanding and freedom of will, yet he reserves to himself the government of him, and even of those very faculties by which he is qualified to govern himself. 1. The children of men are all under his eye, even their hearts are so; and all the motions and operat…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

12-19. The inference from the foregoing in Psa 33:12 is illustrated by God’s special providence, underlying which is His minute knowledge of all men.