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Psalm 18:30

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.

28For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
29For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
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The word “all” widens the promise of refuge, while God’s perfect way and tried word give that promise its ground.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Proverbs 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Both texts join confidence in God’s word with the promise that he shields those who take refuge in him.
Deuteronomy 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.Both describe God’s way or work as perfect, with Deuteronomy naming the justice and faithfulness of his ways.
Psalm 12:6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.Both affirm the soundness of the LORD’s words, with Psalm 12 using silver refined in a furnace as its image.
2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.These passages share the same declarations about God’s perfect way, tested word, and protection for those who seek refuge.
Psalm 84:11–12For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.Both name God as a shield, describing protection that comes from the LORD himself.
Psalm 19:7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.Both connect perfection with what belongs to the LORD and affirm that his revealed word can be trusted.
Revelation 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 …Both praise God’s ways as free from fault: perfect in the psalm, righteous and true in Revelation.
Daniel 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 …Both praise the character of God’s ways, with Daniel naming justice where the psalm names perfection.
Romans 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 …Both speak of perfection in relation to God, though Romans concerns discerning his will and the psalm concerns trusting his way.
Genesis 49:24But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),Both use images of defense to describe God’s help: a shield in the psalm and a strong bow in Genesis.
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Encouragement

Taking refuge admits a need for protection. In David’s song, the one you turn to has a perfect way and a word that has been tried.

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