Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
God has commanded and appointed strength for His people, and the verse turns that command into prayer that He would strengthen the work He has already begun and wrought for them and in them. It asks Him to confirm and carry forward what He Himself has done, not to begin anew but to establish His own working. It is David's utterance of thankfulness for deliverance from trials. As a song of victory it is typical of the greater David whose Spirit inspired the psalmist, a paean of victory prophetic of Christ in His triumph. The psalm belongs especially to the remnant church in the closing work of the third angel's message, its prophecy finding fulfillment in the latter days alongside the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as the latter rain. It is the prayer Inspiration teaches God's people to pray after receiving the Holy Ghost by simple faith, giving all glory to God for working in His own ways and by whatever instrument He chooses. It is to be kept in memory as a stay in times of trouble.
God has commanded and appointed strength for His people, and the verse turns that command into prayer that He would strengthen the work He has already begun and wrought for them and in them. It asks Him to confirm and carry forward what He Himself has done, not to begin anew but to establish His own working. It is David's utterance of thankfulness for deliverance from trials. As a song of victory it is typical of the greater David whose Spirit inspired the psalmist, a paean of victory prophetic of Christ in His triumph. The psalm belongs especially to the remnant church in the closing work of the third angel's message, its prophecy finding fulfillment in the latter days alongside the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as the latter rain. It is the prayer Inspiration teaches God's people to pray after receiving the Holy Ghost by simple faith, giving all glory to God for working in His own ways and by whatever instrument He chooses. It is to be kept in memory as a stay in times of trouble.