xxvi. 12. _Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou
also hast wrought all our works in us._
Rather, _"for us."_ The Church acknowledges that all her deliverances
and successes have been accomplished for her; and on what God has
done for her in the past, she rightly bases her expectation as to
what God will do for her in the future. He who was able to deliver
His people from their bondage in Babylon, would secure peace for them
when He had restored them to their own land. But, then, of all the
works that God accomplishes _for_ His people, some of the most
important are precisely those which He accomplishes _in_ them. So we
may profitably meditate on our text as it stands: