As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- KJV As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
- BSB As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
- NASB ¶As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
- NLT God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
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Quick answer
God's way is perfect and his word proven, and he shields all who take refuge in him. It matters because God's character and word are wholly trustworthy.
Overview
David affirms that God's way is perfect, his word is flawless and tested true, and he is a shield to all who take refuge in him. God's reliability is the foundation of trust. This perfect, proven word and shelter are fully embodied in Christ, the living Word and refuge of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- 2 Sam 22:31As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- Ps 84:11–12For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Ps 12:6Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
- Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Ps 19:7–10Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 119:140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- Ps 25:10All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Ps 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Rom 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Ps 17:7Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
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