“For they did not take the land by their sword—their arm did not bring them victory—but by your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable toward them.” (v. 3)

Here is the Gospel baseline:

Every establishing work—toward eternity, which we receive by grace through faith—is God’s work.

Israel of old knew this. From Abraham onward, the Promise was the gift of chosenness. Through Moses, the mighty acts of God were revealed in their rescue—but they were always God’s acts. These psalmists know their history.

Which is why they long to see God establish His people still—not only for the moment, but for eternity.

Such is our Gospel assurance—the enduring and everlasting security of hope and of heaven—as it has been accomplished by Him, through Christ.

We cannot affect our rescue, our peace, our establishment. It is His first-place for-us love that does the work.

— Tyler