May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
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The same threadPsalms 91:4
Boaz blesses the foreigner who took refuge under the wings of the God of Israel, and the Psalm turns that same shelter into every believer's promise.
“He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.”
The same threadMatthew 23:37
Jesus longs to gather Jerusalem 'even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,' the very refuge image Boaz invoked over Ruth.
““Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!”