12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-16)Now Boaz himself appears, and a great deal of decency there appears in his carriage both towards his own servants and towards this poor stranger. I. Towards his own servants, and those that were employed for him in reaping and gathering in his corn. Harvest-time is busy time, many hands must then be at work. Boaz that had much, being a mighty man of wealth, had much to do, and consequently many to…
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