Psalms 18:30
28 For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
29 For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
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.
31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- ASV
- As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
- DARBY
- As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
- BLB
- God—His way [is] perfect—the word of YHWH is refined; He [is] a shield for all those taking refuge in Him.
- ÅB
- Guds vei er fullkommen;
Herrens ord er rent.
Han er et skjold for alle de som setter sin lit til ham. - OTB
- Hva angår Gud, hans vei er fullkommen;
Herrens ord er prøvd;
Han er et skjold for alle som søker tilflukt i ham. - B1930
- Gud, hans vei er fullkommen; Herrens ord er rent, han er et skjold for alle dem som setter sin lit til ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Read in contextProverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Read in context2 Samuel 22:31
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.
Read in contextPsalms 84:11–12
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Read in contextPsalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
Read in contextRevelation 15:3
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Read in contextPsalms 19:7–10
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Read in contextPsalms 119:140
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
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