Ruth 3:1-6

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Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi^(A) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home^[a]^(B) for you, where you will be well provided for. ²Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative^(C) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.^(D) ³Wash,^(E) put on perfume,^(F) and get dressed in your best clothes.^(G) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.^(H) ⁴When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

⁵“I will do whatever you say,”^(I) Ruth answered. ⁶So she went down to the threshing floor^(J) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

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Footnotes

Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)

Psalm 131-132

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Psalm 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹My heart is not proud,^(A) Lord,
    my eyes are not haughty;^(B)
I do not concern myself with great matters^(C)
    or things too wonderful for me.^(D)
²But I have calmed and quieted myself,^(E)
    I am like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child I am content.^(F)

³Israel, put your hope^(G) in the Lord
both now and forevermore.^(H)

Psalm 132^(I)

A song of ascents.

¹Lord, remember David
and all his self-denial.^(J)

²He swore an oath to the Lord,
    he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:^(K)
³“I will not enter my house^(L)
    or go to my bed,
⁴I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵till I find a place^(M) for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶We heard it in Ephrathah,^(N)
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:^[a]^(O)
⁷“Let us go to his dwelling place,^(P)
    let us worship at his footstool,^(Q) saying,
⁸‘Arise, Lord,^(R) and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.
⁹May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;^(S)
    may your faithful people^(T) sing for joy.’”

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.

¹¹The Lord swore an oath to David,^(U)
    a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants^(V)
    I will place on your throne.
¹²If your sons keep my covenant^(W)
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne^(X) for ever and ever.”

¹³For the Lord has chosen Zion,^(Y)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,^(Z) saying,
¹⁴“This is my resting place for ever and ever;^(AA)
    here I will sit enthroned,^(AB) for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will bless her with abundant provisions;
    her poor I will satisfy with food.^(AC)
¹⁶I will clothe her priests^(AD) with salvation,
    and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.^(AE)

¹⁷“Here I will make a horn^[b] grow^(AF) for David
and set up a lamp^(AG) for my anointed one.^(AH)
¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame,^(AI)
but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”^(AJ)

Footnotes

Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)
Psalm 132:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.