Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
20 The Lord dealt with me (A)according to my righteousness;
according to (B)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 For I have (C)kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For (D)all his rules[a] were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I was (E)blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 With (F)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (G)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
27 For you save (H)a humble people,
but (I)the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 For it is you who light my (J)lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
29 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can (K)leap over (L)a wall.
30 This God—his way is (M)perfect;[b]
the word of the Lord (N)proves true;
he is (O)a shield for all those who (P)take refuge in him.
15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”
17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah[a] of barley. 18 And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over (A)after being satisfied. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man (B)who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (C)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken (D)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of (E)our redeemers.” 21 And Ruth the Moabite said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’” 22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.” 23 So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil, but (B)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (C)live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, (D)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (E)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, (F)“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Fulfilling the Law Through Love
8 (A)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (B)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfilling of the law.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.