Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
In Context
15he who fashions the hearts of them all, who considers all their works.
17A horse is a vain thing for safety, nor does he deliver any by his great power.
Cross References
Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them, and I will get for me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Joshua 11:4and they went out, they and all their armies with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots, very many.
Judges 7:2And LORD said to Gideon, The people who are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
Judges 7:12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude, and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.
1 Samuel 14:8Then Jonathan said, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.
1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, Thou come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to thee in the name of LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou have defied.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:13-22
God's Sovereign Power. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver… Read the whole commentary →