Ruth 1.19-22

Ruth 1:16 NLT

But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Ruth 1:17 NLT

Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”

Ruth 1:19 NLT

So the two of them continued on their journey. When they came to Bethlehem, the entire town was excited by their arrival. “Is it really Naomi?” the women asked.

Ruth 1:20 NLT

“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.

Ruth 1:21 NLT

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has caused me to suffer and the Almighty has sent such tragedy upon me?”

Psalm 13:1 NLT

O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?

Psalm 13:2 NLT

How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

Psalm 13:3 NLT

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

Psalm 13:4 NLT

Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

Psalm 13:5 NLT

But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

Psalm 13:6 NLT

I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.

Ruth 1:22 NLT

So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Ruth 1:22 ESV

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.