God’s Power to Give Possessions to His Chosen People - Psalms 134-136

 Psalms 135:8-12 (ESV)

He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

both of man and of beast;

who in your midst, O Egypt,

sent signs and wonders

against Pharaoh and all his servants;

who struck down many nations

and killed mighty kings,

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

and gave their land as a heritage,

a heritage to his people Israel.

The above is the same as the next Psalm, but with this noticeable addition:

Psalms 136:17-21 (ESV)

to him who struck down great kings,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

and killed mighty kings,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

and Og, king of Bashan,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

and gave their land as a heritage,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

Both of these songs are praise hymns to be song in honor of who God is and what He has done for the people Israel.   Those who speak of the current land of Israel would do well to read the above and sing the refrain.  The Bible is very clear as to how Israel obtained the land of Israel.   When Abraham was called out of his home land, God promised him the land:

Genesis 12:4-7 (ESV)

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

We, like Israel, are to praise God for His sovereign direction over Israel. It is not their great strength that acquired anything.  It was the hand of God upon them. That is what these two song declare.  We are to equally be careful that we don’t claim anything as coming from our own strength.    

1 Corinthians 15:10 (ESV) 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.