Nahum 1:7

“The Lord [is] good, etc.] To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah and his, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust in him; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria, to whom he was dreadful and terrible, destroying his army in one night by an angel; and so delivered the king of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from that terror that had seized them, and that danger they were exposed unto; and so the Lord is good in himself, in the perfections of his nature, in the works of his hands, in all his persons to his people, that fear him, trust in him, and seek him, and wait for him, and on him: a strong hold in the day of trouble; or, he is “good for a…”

“The Lord is good: a stronghold in the day of trouble - “Good and doing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good in giving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none is good, save God” Luke 18:19; Himself the stronghold wherein His own amy take refuge; both in the troubles of this life, in which “He will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able” 1 Corinthians 10:13, and in that Day, which shall hem them in on every side, and leave no place of escape except Himself. And He knoweth them that tuust in Him - So as to save them; as Rahab was saved when Jericho perished, and Lot out of the midst of the overthrow and Hezekiah from the host of Sennacherib. He…”

“Knoweth - He approves, owns, and preserves them. Nahum 1:8”

“Lord: Ch1 16:34; Ezr 3:11; Psa 25:8, Psa 100:5, 136:1-26, Psa 145:6-10; Jer 33:11; Lam 3:25; Rom 11:22; Jo1 4:8-10 strong hold: or, strength, Psa 18:1, Psa 18:2, Psa 27:5, Psa 62:6-8, Psa 71:3, Psa 84:11, Psa 91:1, Psa 91:2, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2; Pro 18:10; Isa 25:4, Isa 26:1-4, Isa 32:2 in the: Psa 20:1, Psa 50:15, Psa 59:16, Psa 86:7, Psa 91:15; Isa 37:3, Isa 37:4 and he: Psa 1:6; Mat 7:23; Joh 10:27; Gal 4:9; Ti2 2:19 that: Ch1 5:20; Ch2 16:8, Ch2 16:9, Ch2 32:8, Ch2 32:11, Ch2 32:21; Psa 84:12; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8; Dan 3:28; Dan 6:23; Mat 27:43 Nahum 1:8”

“But the wrath of God does not fall upon those who trust in the Lord; it only falls upon His enemies. With this turn Nahum prepares the way in Nah 1:7. for proclaiming the judgment of wrath upon Nineveh. Nah 1:7. "Good is Jehovah, a refuge in the day of trouble; and He knoweth those who trust in Him. Nah 1:8. And with an overwhelming flood will He make an end of her place, and pursue His enemies into darkness." Even in the manifestation of His wrath God proves His goodness; for the judgment, by exterminating the wicked, brings deliverance to the righteous who trust in the Lord, out of the affliction prepared for them by the wickedness of the world. The predicate טוב is more precisely defined…”