Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods. Three besetting sins of Israel are here renounced: trust in Assyria, application to Egypt for its cavalry (forbidden, . Compare , "They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria;" ; ; ; , "An horse is a vain thing for safety." Compare ; ; ; ; ), and idolatry.

For in thee the fatherless findeth mercy - descriptive of the destitute state of Israel when severed from God, their true Father. We shall henceforth trust in none but Thee, the only Father of the fatherless and Helper of the destitute (; ). Our nation has experienced thee such in our helpless state in Egypt, and now, in a like state again, our only hope is in Thy goodness.

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