Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 How (A)blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose (B)hope is in Yahweh his God,
6 Who (C)made heaven and earth,
The (D)sea and all that is in them;
Who (E)keeps truth forever;
7 Who (F)does justice for the oppressed;
Who (G)gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh (H)sets the prisoners free.
8 Yahweh (I)opens the eyes of the blind;
Yahweh (J)raises up those who are bowed down;
Yahweh (K)loves the righteous;
9 Yahweh (L)keeps the sojourners;
He [a](M)helps up the orphan and the widow,
But He bends (N)the way of the wicked.
10 Yahweh will (O)reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, [b]from generation to generation.
[c]Praise Yah!
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And (A)Yahweh granted her conception, and she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the (B)women said to Naomi, “Blessed is Yahweh who has not left you without a [a]kinsman redeemer today, and may his name [b]be proclaimed in Israel. 15 May he also be to you a restorer of your soul and a sustainer of your [c]old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [d](C)and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
The Generations of David
16 Then Naomi took the child [e]and put him on her bosom and became his nurse. 17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 (A)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which (B)the heavens burning will be destroyed, and the (C)elements will melt with intense heat! 13 But according to His (D)promise we are looking for (E)new heavens and a new earth, (F)in which righteousness dwells.
Be on Your Guard
14 (G)Therefore, (H)beloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be (I)found by Him in peace, (J)spotless and blameless, 15 and consider the (K)patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also (L)our beloved brother Paul, (M)according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of (N)these things, (O)in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and (P)unstable distort, as they do also (Q)the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, (R)beloved, knowing this beforehand, (S)be on your guard lest you, having been carried away by (T)the error of (U)unprincipled men, (V)fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and (W)knowledge of our (X)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Y)To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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