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Psalm 91:4

The New Testament’s use of Psalm

2 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion2

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Luke 13:34-35

'He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will take refuge' is the closest OT image to gathering children 'under her wings,' associating Jesus' maternal longing with God's sheltering protection. High Volume in the under-the-wings refuge motif.

High confidence
Matt 23:37-39

"He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge" supplies the sheltering-wings imagery of v37 directly.

High confidence
Elsewhere in Psalm 91
Psalm 91:3 3Psalm 91:11-12 2Psalm 91:11 2Psalm 91:13 4