⁵ David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, ^(A)“May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.

²¹ And Saul said, ^(A)“May you be blessed by the Lord, ^(B)for you have had compassion on me.

³² And David said to Abigail, ^(A)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! ³³ Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, ^(B)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt ^(C)and from working salvation with my own hand!

¹⁹ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ^(A)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken ^(B)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of ^(C)our redeemers.”

¹⁰ And he said, ^(A)“May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than ^(B)the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

⁸ But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord ^(A)deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with ^(B)the dead and with me.