31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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