Nachshon was the first one who jumped into the Yam Suf, and now he is the first of the Nesi'im to bring his Korbanos. He wasn’t afraid of those roaring waves, since he had Bitachon in the Borei Olam Creator of the world. This is true Malchus. רֶדֶג ץֵרוֹפּ ˂ֶלֶמ A Melech breaks barriers. A Melech doesn’t run away when he has adversity. Nothing stops him.
It is interesting that just prior to Dovid’s killing Golyas HaPelishti, he was given sharp Mussar by his older brother Eliav . Eliav scolded him about his wicked heart & that he has no business getting involved in the battle against Golyas. Another person would get discouraged and depressed, especially since Eliav was an Adam Gadol, whom Shmuel HaNavi thought he was worthy to become Melech! But Dovid just ignored him.
Just as Nachshon ignored the waves, so did Dovid ignore his older brother. Similarly, when Rus was considering to be M'gayer, Naomi tried to discourage her. She told her about the: עַבְּרַא ִמיתוֹ ֵבּ תית ִדין four ways of execution used by Bais Din to punish certain Aveiros, and even after they are killed, they remain in the: ֵבּ תי ַה ְק ָב וֹרת cemetery of Reshaim, and have eternal Bizayon. She also informed her about the Issur of Yichud which is extremely difficult for a Mo'avis.
Yet, Rus was: תֶצֶמַּאְתִמ pushed herself. The Seforno says that: ָנ ָשׂ ִל א ָבּי הּ אוֹ ָת הּ she lifted her heart that she wouldn’t fall into sin! This is real Malchus’dik confidence! Fearless optimism! The opposite of Eisav, who as soon as he heard that a Bechor is Chayav Missa for: ְשׁתּוֵּיַי י ִין doing Avoda after drinking wine, he said: הָרֹכְבּ יִל הֶזּ הָמָּלְו תוּמָל ˂ֵלוֹה יִכֹנָא הֵנִּה What do I need this Bechora for? I'm surely going to die from it! He was sure he would fail, and he gave up right away.
The husbands of Rus and Orpah were called: שָׁאוֹי ףָרָשְׂו Yo’ash and Saraph, and Chazal explain that Yo’ash means that they were Mya'esh from the Geula. Rus is married to such a M'yuash’dika person, yet she goes the opposite direction and wins everything! This is why the Torah says so many times about the Avoda in the Bais Hamikdash: תוּמָי אֹלְו he will NOT die [when he does the right thing] and: וּ ִמ ְכ ַל ַל ל ַא וא ָתּ שׁ הוֹ ֵמ ַﬠ ֵה ן the punishment for transgression is unspoken.
True, you can die, Chas V'shalom, e.g. if you are: ְמחוּ ָס ְבּ ר ָג ִד םי not wearing Bigdei Kehuna while doing Avoda, or without: ִקידוּשׁ ָי ַד ִי ְו ם ַר ְג ַל ִי ם first washing your hands and feet, etc. But you won’t - think positive! The positive Malchus’dik person ignores all those jumbo elephants of adversity in his life, and he goes forward.
When Boaz asked his: ַנ ַﬠר young helper about Rus, he packed in plenty of Lashon Hara; i.e., that she was a Ganav, she is not a Tz’nua, and a Moavi'a who still had the bad Middos of her nation. The Sefer Minchas Erev elaborates on how the: ַנ ַﬠר helper insisted how Rus was an insincere Giyores, and how he lifted his voice to berate her; as the Passuk says: ןַﬠַיַּו which denotes: ַה ָר ַמת קוֹ ל raising your voice.
