Psalms 33:16
A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.
17A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth it afford escape by its great strength.
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 Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Joshua 11:4And they went out, they and all their hosts 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 the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me.
Judges 7:12Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children 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 said Jonathan: 'Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.
1 Samuel 17:45Then said David to the Philistine: 'Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast taunted.
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 →