Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace
Peace with God in Christ through his blood, in a way of
believing, and as the fruit and effect of his righteousness being
received by faith; this is not always felt, received, and enjoyed
in the soul; yet the foundation of it always is, and is perfect;
and besides, this peace is true, real, and solid; in which sense
the word "perfect" is used, in opposition to a false and
imaginary one; and it will end in perfect peace in heaven:
moreover, the word "perfect" is not in the Hebrew text, it is
there "peace, peace"; which is doubled to denote the certainty of
it, the enjoyment of it, and the constancy and continuance of it;
and as expressive of all sorts of peace, which God grants unto
his people, and keeps for them, and them in; as peace with God
and peace with men, peace outward and peace inward, peace here
and peace hereafter; and particularly it denotes the abundance of
peace that believers will have in the kingdom of Christ in the
latter day; see ( Psalms 72:7 ) (
Isaiah 9:7 ) :
[whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee];
or "fixed" on the love of God, rooted and grounded in that, and
firmly persuaded of interest in it, and that nothing can separate
from it; on the covenant and promises of God, which are firm and
sure; and on the faithfulness and power of God to make them good,
and perform them; and on Christ the Son of God, and Saviour of
men; upon him as a Saviour, laying the whole stress of their
salvation on him; upon his righteousness, for their
justification; upon his blood and sacrifice, for atonement,
pardon, and cleansing; on his fulness, for the supply of their
wants; on his person, for their acceptance with God; and on his
power, for their protection and preservation; see ( Isaiah 10:20
) ( 50:10
) ( Psalms
112:7 Psalms 112:8
) : because he trusteth in thee;
not in the creature, nor in any creature enjoyment, nor in their
riches, nor in their righteousness, nor in their own hearts, nor
in any carnal privileges: only in the Lord, as exhorted to in the
next verse ( Isaiah 26:4 ) ; in the
Word of the Lord, as the Targum, that is, in Christ.