Trust ye in the Lord for ever
In the Word of the Lord for ever and ever, as the Targum again;
that is, at all times, in every state and condition, in times of
affliction, temptation, and darkness; for he will support under,
and in his own time deliver out of every trouble, and cause all
things to work to gether for good; and trust in him always, for
everything, for all temporal blessings, and for all spiritual
ones, and for eternal life and happiness; for he has them, has
promised them, and will give them: for in the Lord JEHOVAH
[is] everlasting strength;
Christ is the Lord JEHOVAH, which is, and was, and is to come,
self-existent, eternal, and immutable; and in him is strength, as
well as righteousness for his people; and that for everything it
is wanted for, to bear up under temptations and afflictions, to
withstand every spiritual enemy, to exercise every grace, and
discharge every duty: and this strength is everlasting; it always
continues in him, and is always to be had from him; he is the
"eternal" God, who is the refuge of his people, and his "arms" of
power and might "underneath" them are "everlasting": the words
may be rendered, "for in Jah" is "Jehovah, the Rock of ages"
F17; Jehovah the Son is in Jehovah the
Father, according to ( John 10:38 ) ( 14:11 ) or "Jah Jehovah"
is "the Rock of ages", so Vitringa; he is the "Rock" on which the
church and every believer is built, against which "the gates of
hell cannot prevail"; and he has been the Rock of his people in
ages past, and will be in ages to come: or "of worlds"; this
world, and that to come; and so it is explained in the Talmud
F18, he that trusts in the Lord has a
refuge in this world, and in the world to come.
F17 (Mymlwe rwu hwhy hyb) "in Jah [est] Jehovah, rupes saeculorum".
F18 T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 29. 2.