[(Psalm 34:8; Proverbs 16:20; Isaiah
30:18). Jeremiah first removed the weeds (false trusts), so that there might be
room for the good grain.
Truseth in the Father - In the Word of the Father, as the in the
Messiah, the essential Word of the Father; Psalm 2:12 who have a spiritual knowledge of Him,
and so trust in Him, Psalm 9:10
who have seen the vanity and emptiness of all other objects of trust, there
being no salvation in them, only in Him; who take themselves to Him as their
only refuge; lay hold, rest, and rely upon Him, as their Savior; commit their
all unto Him; trust Him with all their concerns, respecting life and salvation,
and with their immortal souls; and expect all from Him, grace here, and glory
hereafter: who trust in His person for their acceptance with G-d; in His
righteousness for their justification; in His blood for the pardon of their
sins; in His fullness for the supply of their wants; in His power for
protection and preservation; and in all for eternal life and happiness: and
such are blessed persons; for they are in the utmost safety; they are as Mount
Zion, which can never be removed; they shall want no good thing, temporal or
spiritual, proper for them; they enjoy great peace now, and in the world to
come everlasting glory.
Whose hope the Father is; the Word
of the Father, as before: the Messiah, who is the Hope of Israel, our hope, and
Messiah in us the hope of glory, Jer. 14:8,
whose hope is from the Father, of which He is the author and giver; and is a
good hope, through His grace; and which has the L-rd Y'Shua HaMashiach for its
object; who turn in to Him as prisoners of hope; and lay hold on Him, the hope
set before them; and do hope in Him for pardoning mercy, salvation, and eternal
life. Blessed mankind! their hope shall not make them ashamed; they shall not
be disappointed, Psalm 146:5.]
[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth
out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf
shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall
cease from yielding fruit.
[Shall not see - that is, feel.
Answering to Jer.17:6;
whereas the unbelievers “shall not see (even) when good cometh,” the believer “shall not see (so as to be
overwhelmed by it even) when heat (fiery trial) cometh.” Trials shall come upon
him as on all, nay, upon him especially (Hebrews 12:6);
but he shall not sink under them, because the L-rd is his secret strength, just
as the “roots spread out by a river” draw hidden support from it (2 Corinthians
4:8-11).]
[10] I the Father search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
