The Battle Is The Lord’s

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”
Psalms 83:12

After describing and naming their enemies (Psalm 83:2-5) this statement indicates they were also acquainted with their motives. To know well your enemy means you can pray well against them. And again it is God they are after (the pastures of God) and it is God’s way the Psalmist seeks to protect and establish. This is God’s battle and not some personal vendetta.

Is the evil you protest against directed at you or God? And when it is directed at you can you say, “They’re attacking Your property, Lord?” Perspective is important.

The following is taken directly from The Treasury of David by Spurgeon.

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EXPOSITION

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Viewing the temple, and also the dwellings of the tribes, as all belonging to God, these greedy plunderers determined to push out the inhabitants, slay them, and become themselves landlords and tenants of the whole. These were large words and dark designs, but God could bring them all to nothing. It is in vain for men to say “Let us take,” if God does not give. He who robs God’s house will find that he has a property reeking with a curse; it will plague him and his seed for ever. “Will a man rob God?” Let him try it, and he will find it hot and heavy work.

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