We are now going to study a new pasuk, chapter 26, pasuk ג from Yeshayah, but first we need a little background from pasuk א and ב
In the future, when the Redemption comes,
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יוּשַׁר הַשִּׁיר הַזֶּה בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עִיר עָז לָנוּ יְשׁוּעָה יָשִׁית חוֹמוֹת וָחֵל
On that day, we will sing this song in the land of Yehuda, a city that is a stronghold for us. You will grant salvation to its higher walls and outer wall.
This will be a great day, when we finally win the war of Gog U Ma Gog.
פִּתְחוּ שְׁעָרִים וְיָבֹא גוֹי צַדִּיק שֹׁמֵר אֱמֻנִים:
Open the gates, so that the righteous nations can enter, the Shomer Emunim/keeper of the faith.
We are the righteous nation, called the keeper of the faith. Throughout the generations, we kept our faith.
And now, with that introduction, our pasuk says,
ג) יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ:
The Yetzer Samuch/Being that relied on You, protect him with peace, peace, for in You did he trust.
Someone that relied on You, protect him with a lot of peace, because he relied on You.
What will protect the people in the difficult times of Mashiach? כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ Because he had trust in You.
This special protection comes upon the Shomer Emunim/keeper of the faith.
But the Gemarah also reads the words Shomer Emunim as Sh’Omrim Amen- people that answer Amen, which is also an expression of faith.
Our focus is on the last few words, כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ it all happens because the person was relying on God and felt guaranteed. Rabbenu Yona adds a beautiful thought to the simple meaning:
רבנו יונה - משלי פרק ג פסוק כו
ודע כי זאת המדרגה גדולה עליונה בבטחון, ונזכיר סוד הדבר,
He says that this “being” refers to someone with the highest level of bitachon. The secret of this high-level, he says, is that “my soul hopes to you.” As it says in Tehilim chapter 130,
"קויתי ה׳ קיותה נפשי
My soul hopes to You.”
This Bitachon is not in the brain or intellect, and it’s not in the heart, or emotion. This Bitachon has reached the Nefesh/soul - the most base level of our existence- הנפש המתאוה/ the desiring soul.
The lowest level has received the Bitachon,
As he quotes from our pasuk in Yashayah,
"יצר סמוך"
Yetzer Samuch
For this creation that relies, his bitachon has reached the depths of his being.
This is the highest level of bitachon, as we have mentioned in the past.
This is the man that is going to make it through the most difficult of times. This is the man that is going to make it through the times of Mashiach with special protection. He has instinctive bitachon. We all go to classes and learn and work on bitachon, but the goal is to come away with the Bitachon of our grandmothers. They instinctively said lines of bitachon, not because they went to any deep intellectual classes, but because it was in their being, it was in their essence, it was in their gut. That is a level of Bitachon that this pasuk is talking about. Yetzer Samuch - when the creature is relying on You
תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם
He will be protected with a double dose of peace.
כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ
Because he relied on You.
In our times of a lack of peace, when people are concerned, with current events, how do we survive? Here is our secret: In the end of times, they will open up the gates to our righteous nation, “keepers of the trust.” These are the people that are working on their bitachon until they reach the level of Yetzer Samuch, the level of an instinctive bitachon, a natural bitachon that stays with them and protects them כי בך בטוח
Because they relied on God.