Faithlife User — Edited
Psalm 66 At the close of the previous psalm [Ps. 65, especially Ps. 65:6-13], you hear nature praising the Lord, and this psalm exhorts all mankind to join creation in celebrating God’s greatness. It appears that Israel had gone through severe trials (Ps 66:8-12) and yet won a great victory with the Lord’s help. Some students believe that this event was the Lord’s miraculous defeat of Assyria (Isa. 36–37) and that the individual speaking in Ps 66:13-20 was King Hezekiah, whose prayer the Lord answered (Isa 37:14-20). The exhortation to praise the Lord begins with the Gentile nations (Ps 66:1-7), moves to Israel (Ps 66:8-12), and concludes with the individual believer (Ps 66:13-20). Copyright © Warren W. Wiersbe. Generously provided by David C. Cook. See all the volumes in the BE Bible Study Series in the Bible Gateway Store.David Benjamin — Edited
Israel never won a victory, for themselves, or "with the LORD's help". It was and will forever be the LORD's victory, not Israel's. Remember Miriam's song (Ex 15:11-8) at the crossing of the Red Sea? Did Israel leave Egypt "with the LORD's help" (Remember the ten plagues?)or because the LORD had already decreed it? What did the Israelites think about how they got out of Egypt? We did this because we are strong slaves against the Egyptian army? What did the people as far away as Jericho think? Try reading the book "Your God is Too Small". He is the Alpha and the Omega and He created everything, and without Him nothing was created; but now that everything is created He gets to sit back and relax and every once in a while lend His "help" to the mighty people he has chosen? That's not Biblical and we all need to be more careful when writing anything about Him that even borders on being a defining statement.