Nahum 1:7 (LSB)

Passage

Yahweh is good, A strong defense in the day of distress, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:5 Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills melt; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.

Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, And the rocks are torn down by Him.

Nahum 1:7 Yahweh is good, A strong defense in the day of distress, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

Nahum 1:8 But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete destruction of its place And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

Nahum 1:9 Whatever you devise against Yahweh, He will make a complete destruction of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "good", "strong", "defense", "distress", "knows", "take", and "refuge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "good", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Who can stand before His indignation Who..." into verse 8's "But with an overflowing flood He will...", so "yahweh" and "good" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.