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Psalms 33:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

A horse [is] a vain thing for safety,.... Though it is prepared for the day of battle, and is a very warlike creature, and of great service in war, yet safety only is of the Lord, Pr 21:31; this is put for all kinds of military preparations which men are apt to trust in, but should not, for they are "a lie" , as the horse is here said to be; that is, deceives and disappoints when trusted to; in like manner the olive is said "to lie", Hab 3:17; when hope of fruit from it is disappointed; so "fundus mendax" in Horace ;neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength; in the time of battle; either by fighting for him, or fleeing with him.

rqv "mendacium", Pagninus, Montanus; "fallax", V. L. Epod. l. 1. Ode 16. ver. 45. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 1. v. 30. "Spem mentita seges", ib. Epist. l. 1. ep. 7. v.

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