"The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him"-Nahum 1:7.

Yea, "God is good," His mercy faileth never,
Though all around be dark with cloud and storm;
There is no power in heaven or earth can sever
His own from Him, nor weaken His strong arm,

"A stronghold" in the day when troubles lower,
When judgment threatens, like a roaring sea;
What foe can stand against His mighty power?
Or who can thrust aside His just decree?

"He knoweth them that trust Him," yea, and hideth
All such beneath His ever-sheltering wing;
Who in His everlasting arms abideth,
Fears not, will ever trust, give praise, and sing.

Nahum gives us a terrible picture of the irrevocable judgment of God upon a hopeless apostasy, but this one verse shines out for His own like a bright jewel in a dark setting. Helen McDowell