Psalm 33:16

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Summary

Psalm 33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

No king

Mighty

General references

Psalm 44:6

Isaiah 40:30

Bible References

No king

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.

I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen.

They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore—along with a vast number of horses and chariots.

The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag: ‘I did it myself.’

“All right,” Jonathan replied, “we’ll cross over to the men and then let them see us.

Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and 300 chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast number that comes to fight against us. We do not know what to do, but we look to You.

He has only human strength, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

Mighty

Now give me this hill country the Lord promised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there, as well as large fortified cities. Perhaps the Lord will be with me and I will drive them out as the Lord promised.”

Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

Then Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giant, whose bronze spear weighed about eight pounds and who wore new armor, intended to kill David.

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

General references

For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.

Youths may faint and grow weary,
and young men stumble and fall,