Nahum 1:7

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble. Here Nahum enters on his special subject, for which the previous verses have prepared the way-namely, to assure his people of safety in Yahweh under the impending attack of Sennacherib (), and to announce the doom of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian foe (). The contrast of Nahum 1:7 ("But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place," Nineveh) heightens the force.

And he knoweth them that trust in him - "knoweth," recognizes as His own (, "I did know thee in the wilderness;" , "You only have I known of all the families of the earth"); and so cares for and guards those that trust in Him, as Hezekiah did when attacked by Sennacherib (, "The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous;" , "The Lord knoweth them that are His"). In illustration of Hezekiah's trust, we read, "He spake comfortably to the people, Be strong and courageous; be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; because there be more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles: and the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah."