Psalms 33:16
The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Leeser Tanakh
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 fashioneth their hearts altogether; he hath regard to all their works.
17Vain is the horse for victory: nor shall he deliver any by the greatness of his strength.
Cross References
Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get myself honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.
Joshua 11:4And they went out, they and all their camps with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, and with very many horses and chariots.
Judges 7:2And the Lord said unto Gid'on, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand: lest Israel should vaunt themselves against me, saying, my own hand hath saved me.
Judges 7:12And the Midianites and the 'Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.
1 Samuel 14:8Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will show ourselves unto them.
1 Samuel 17:45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest unto 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 arrays of Israel, that thou hast 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 →