Psalms 20:7
in Psalms 20Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
KJV
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
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This verse in Psalms 20
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThey trusted in horses and chariots, he is saying, and enjoyed no benefit from them but were caught up in unseen entanglements and collapsed. We, by contrast, invoked divine assistance, and won salvation in visible manner and emerged superior to the adversaries.
This site's exposition
Some trust in chariots
on Psalms 20:7-8
Chariots and horses were the two arms of an army. The confession here puts trust in the name of the LORD instead, and the two outcomes follow at once. They collapse and fall, and the ones who trusted the name rise up and stand firm.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Note, those who make God and his name their praise may make God and his name their trust. See the difference in the issue of their confidences and by that we are to judge of the wisdom of the choice; things are as they prove; see who will be ashamed of their confidence and who not,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Contrasts frequently bring out the truth vividly, and here the church sets forth the creature confidences of carnal men in contrast with her reliance upon the Prince Immanuel and the invisible Jehovah. "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses." Chariots and horses make an imposing show, and with their rattling, and dust, and fine caparisons, make so great a figure that vain man is much taken with them; yet the discerning eye of faith sees more in an invisible God than in all these.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בָ֭רֶכֶב | varekhev | <in> <the> chariotry | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וְאֵ֣לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בַסּוּסִ֑ים | vasusim | <in> <the> horses | H5483 → | 140 times |
| וַאֲנַ֓חְנוּ׀ | vaanachnu | and we | H587 → | 120 times |
| בְּשֵׁם־ | beshem- | <in> [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נַזְכִּֽיר׃ | nazkir | we bring to remembrance | H2142 → | 230 times |
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בָ֭רֶכֶב<in> <the> chariotry
varekhevH7393 →119 times
וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
בַסּוּסִ֑ים<in> <the> horses
vasusimH5483 →140 times
וַאֲנַ֓חְנוּ׀and we
vaanachnuH587 →120 times
בְּשֵׁם־<in> [the] name of
beshem-H8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
נַזְכִּֽיר׃we bring to remembrance
nazkirH2142 →230 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 146:3–4
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah…
- Isaiah 31:1–9
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Psalms 118:8–9
Through
Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 17:5
Through
Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
it leads to
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Psalms 33:17–18
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Isaiah 31:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 20:4.