GEN1369 “When Hashem, your God, drives them out from before you, do not say to yourself as follows, “Because of my righteousness, Hashem brought me here to take possession of this land”… Not because of your righteousness or your rectitude [are you entering to take possession of this land]” Deuteronomy 9:4-5.  Herein we have been admonished not to imagine that our success is due to our own righteousness and rectitude.  Rather, we must believe and know within our hearts that our prosperity derives from the kindness of the Exalted One and from His abundant goodness, as Yaakov Avinu, a”h, said [this verse].  GATES 205