Psalms 33:17

"A horse is a vain thing for safety;

Neither doth he deliver any by his great power."

To us this appears as a clue to when the psalm was written. Beginning with Solomon, Israel acquired great numbers of horses for use in their military; and it hardly seems plausible that a remark such as this would have been written during or after the reign of Solomon.

In ancient warfare, the horse was the equivalent of the modern tank, especially if combined with war-chariots.

George DeHoff quoted in full the remarkable poem of Rudyard Kipling, "The Recessional," with its haunting refrain, "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet; Lest we forget; lest we forget," labeling it, "A valid comment upon today's world."[19]