An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
An horse ... War-horses and chariots were forbidden to Israel (Deuteronomy 17:16); hence, in respect to this arm of strength, Israel might seem at a disadvantage in her conflict with the world-power. Moreover, in other resources she wee not a match for her powerful enemies; but as everything depends on the power of God, and nothing is effected by mere earthly strength, Israel, so long as she has the Lord for her God, has everything to hope and nothing to fear (cf. Proverbs 21:31).