And trusting not in Him, the eternal source

Of might and glory, but in earthly force,

Making the strength of multitudes their boast,

A flush’d and crested host,

Elate in lofty dreams of victory, trode

Their path of pride, as o’er a conquer’d land

Given for the spoil; nor raised their eyes to God:

And Israel’s Holy One withdrew his hand,

Their sole support;—and heavily and prone

They fell—the car, the steed, the rider, all o’erthrown!