<p class="poetry">He will bless his loyal followers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">both young and old.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">He is their deliverer<n id="2" /> and protector.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes, his loyal love endures!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">He despises a reprobate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but honors the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you, O God, hear my vows;p> <p class="poetry">you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will declare what he has done for me.p>

<p class="poetry">O family of Levi, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">You loyal followers<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> praise him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then those who respected<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to one another, and the <sc>Lordsc> took notice.<n id="2" /> A scroll<n id="3" /> was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the <sc>Lordsc> and honored his name.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication<n id="1" /> will rise with healing wings,<n id="2" /> and you will skip about<n id="3" /> like calves released from the stall.

But you choose<n id="1" /> from the people capable men,<n id="2" /> God-fearing,<n id="3" /> men of truth,<n id="4" /> those who hate bribes,<n id="5" /> and put them over the people<n id="6" /> as rulers<n id="7" /> of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1504; (<i>Nuni>)p> <p class="poetry">Your word<n id="1" /> is a lamp to walk by,p> <p class="poetry">and a light to illumine my path.<n id="2" />p>

And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.p>

Laban replied, &#8220;I&#8217;d rather give her to you than to another man.<n id="1" /> Stay with me.&#8221;

Now I&#8217;d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don&#8217;t refuse me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> She said, &#8220;Go ahead and ask.&#8221;<n id="2" />

The king then said to the prophet, &#8220;Come home with me and have something to eat. I&#8217;d like to give a present.&#8221;

Look, a time<n id="1" /> is coming &#8211; and has come &#8211; when you will be scattered, each one to his own home,<n id="2" /> and I will be left alone.<n id="3" /> Yet<n id="4" /> I am not alone, because my Father<n id="5" /> is with me.

I left here full,<n id="1" /> but the <sc>Lordsc> has caused me to return empty-handed.<n id="2" /> Why do you call me &#8216;Naomi,&#8217; seeing that<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has opposed me,<n id="4" /> and the Sovereign One<n id="5" /> has caused me to suffer?&#8221;<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">Ruth<n id="1" /> knelt before him with her forehead to the ground<n id="2" /> and said to him, &#8220;Why are you so kind<n id="3" /> and so attentive to me,<n id="4" /> even though<n id="5" /> I am a foreigner?&#8221;<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts,<n id="1" /> cried out,<n id="2" /> &#8220;You both know me and know where I come from!<n id="3" /> And I have not come on my own initiative,<n id="4" /> but the one who sent me<n id="5" /> is true. You do not know him,<n id="6" />