And the pasuk says, “Trust in Hashem and do good; [then you will] live in the land and be nourished by [your] faith” (Tehillim 37:3); and it says, “Hashem is good to those who hope to Him, to the soul that seeks Him” (Eichah 3:25).

But one who trusts in the Creator while he rebels against Him: how foolish he is, and how weak are his mind and his understanding! For he sees that when someone has been appointed by another person over some matter, and [that person] commands him to attend to one of his needs, or warns him against something, and he transgresses his commands, and it reaches the one who appointed him that he transgressed his command, this will be the strongest cause for holding back from him what he trusted him for. All the more so one who transgresses the statutes of G-d and His mitzvos, about which He has declared and testified that the expectant waiting of one who trusts in Him will be disappointed when he rebels against Him; and he will not be fit to be called by the name “one who trusts in G-d.” Rather, he is as the pasuk says, “For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when G-d draws out his soul? Will G-d hear his cry?” (Iyov 27:8-9). And it says, “Will you steal, murder and commit adultery, and swear falsely” (Yirmiyahu 7:9), and it says, “and come and stand before Me in this house, upon which My Name is called?” (Yirmiyahu 7:10). And it says, “Has this house, upon which My Name is called, become a den of robbers?” (Yirmiyahu 7:11).