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17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
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The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? …
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.
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…
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