Ruth, Fields of Moab - Full Lyrics and Scripture Annotations
Ruth One
Bread was gone. The earth was iron. (Ruth 1:1 NLT)
Elimelech took his family to the fields of the enemy. (Ruth 1:1-2 NLT)
One grave became three in the Moabite dust. (Ruth 1:3-5 NLT)
A woman left with nothing but the names of the dead. (Ruth 1:5 NLT)
Naomi stands at the border... (Ruth 1:7 NLT)
Two daughters-in-law, like shadows in the heat. (Ruth 1:7 NLT)
Go back, she whispers, to the gods of your fathers. (Ruth 1:15 NLT)
The hand of the Almighty has reached out... and crushed me. (Ruth 1:13 NLT)
Turn back... the womb is empty. (Ruth 1:11 NLT)
Turn back... the road is dry. (Ruth 1:12 NLT)
I am too old for hope. (Ruth 1:12 NLT)
I am too tired to try. (Ruth 1:12 NLT)
Go find your rest... and leave me to my sorrow. (Ruth 1:9 NLT)
Don’t ask me to leave. (Ruth 1:16 NLT)
Where you go, I go. (Ruth 1:16 NLT)
Where you stay, I stay. (Ruth 1:16 NLT)
Your people... my people. (Ruth 1:16 NLT)
Your God... my God. (Ruth 1:16 NLT)
Only death... only the grave... will come between us. (Ruth 1:17 NLT)
They walked until the walls of Bethlehem rose from the sand. (Ruth 1:19 NLT)
Is this the Pleasant One? Is this Naomi? (Ruth 1:19 NLT)
Call me Bitter. For the Lord has dealt bitterly with me. (Ruth 1:20 NLT)
Ruth Two
There was a man of wealth, a pillar in the gate (Ruth 2:1 NLT)
Of the clan of Elimelech, a man of high estate. (Ruth 2:1 NLT)
And Ruth said to the Bitter One, Let me go among the grain (Ruth 2:2 NLT)
To find a shadow in the heat... and favor in the rain. (Ruth 2:2 NLT)
She ended up in the field of the one they call Boaz (Ruth 2:3 NLT)
Gleaning in the wake of the reapers, through the dust and the grass. (Ruth 2:3 NLT)
From the morning until now, she hasn't rested her feet (Ruth 2:7 NLT)
Stay here, my daughter... (Ruth 2:8 NLT)
Don't wander to another ground. (Ruth 2:8 NLT)
Stay close to the water... (Ruth 2:9 NLT)
Where the kindness can be found. (Ruth 2:9 NLT)
Under the wings... of the One who sees the heart (Ruth 2:12 NLT)
The healing's gonna finish... what the sorrow had to start. (Ruth 2:12 NLT)
Why have I found favor... in your tired, weary eyes? (Ruth 2:10 NLT)
I’m just a stranger here... under these foreign skies. (Ruth 2:10 NLT)
I’ve heard the story of the road you had to tread... (Ruth 2:11 NLT)
How you left your father’s house... for the House of Bread. (Ruth 2:11 NLT)
May the Lord repay your work, and give you full reward (Ruth 2:12 NLT)
Under the wings of Israel’s God... the Refuge and the Lord. (Ruth 2:12 NLT)
Eat your fill of the bread, and dip your morsel in the wine (Ruth 2:14 NLT)
For the field you walk upon... daughter, it is mine. (Ruth 2:8 NLT)
She gathered until evening, an ephah of the gold (Ruth 2:17 NLT)
He told the young men... leave some extra in the fold (Ruth 2:16 NLT)
She brought it to Naomi... and the Bitter One smiled (Ruth 2:18 NLT)
Blessed be the man... who looked upon the child. (Ruth 2:20 NLT)
Ruth Three
The harvest was over, the winnowing was done (Ruth 3:2 NLT)
The barley was piled high beneath the setting sun. (Ruth 3:2 NLT)
Naomi whispered in the dark, Wash the dust from your skin. (Ruth 3:3 NLT)
Go down to the threshing floor... and let the night begin. (Ruth 3:3 NLT)
He’ll eat and he’ll drink until his heart is at its ease (Ruth 3:7 NLT)
Then he’ll sleep among the heaps, in the cool midnight breeze. (Ruth 3:7 NLT)
Watch where he lies, mark the spot upon the ground (Ruth 3:4 NLT)
Uncover his feet... and wait without a sound. (Ruth 3:4 NLT)
The midnight air is heavy... (Ruth 3:8 NLT)
The grain is soft and deep. (Ruth 3:8 NLT)
The secret that you’re carrying... (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
Is the only thing you keep. (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
Wait for the turn... wait for the waking breath (Ruth 3:8 NLT)
In the shadow of the master... is the life or is it death? (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
At midnight he turned, and a cold shiver ran— (Ruth 3:8 NLT)
There was a woman at his feet... and he a startled man. (Ruth 3:8 NLT)
Who are you? he cried out into the dark and the grain. (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
I am Ruth, your servant... come in from the rain. (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
Spread the corner of your garment... over me tonight. (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
For you are a redeemer... in the Holy One's sight. (Ruth 3:9 NLT)
Don't be afraid, my daughter... the city knows your name. (Ruth 3:11 NLT)
You haven't chased the young men... or sought a life of shame. (Ruth 3:10 NLT)
Lie down until the morning, let the secret stay hidden (Ruth 3:13 NLT)
Six measures of barley... a gift not forbidden (Ruth 3:15 NLT)
She went back to the city before the light could show (Ruth 3:14 NLT)
Wait, my daughter... until you see which way the winds blow. (Ruth 3:18 NLT)
Ruth Four
Boaz went up to the gate and sat within the stone (Ruth 4:1 NLT)
He called the kinsman over, to make the matter known. (Ruth 4:1 NLT)
Naomi's selling the land, he said, of our brother who is gone. (Ruth 4:3 NLT)
Will you buy the field of grief... before the break of dawn? (Ruth 4:4 NLT)
The man said, I will buy it, but Boaz shook his head. (Ruth 4:4 NLT)
When you take the land, you take the wife... to raise up the dead. (Ruth 4:5 NLT)
I cannot, said the kinsman, lest I mar my own estate. (Ruth 4:6 NLT)
He drew his sandal from his foot... and left it at the gate. (Ruth 4:8 NLT)
Be witnesses this day... (Ruth 4:9 NLT)
The line is not forgotten. (Ruth 4:10 NLT)
The field is bought with grace... (Ruth 4:9 NLT)
And a new life is begotten. (Ruth 4:10 NLT)
So Boaz took Ruth... and she became his wife! (Ruth 4:13 NLT)
The Lord gave her a son... a new breath of life! (Ruth 4:13 NLT)
The women said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord! (Ruth 4:14 NLT)
He hasn't left you empty... or without a reward! (Ruth 4:14 NLT)
HE SHALL BE A RESTORER... OF YOUR SOUL AND OF YOUR YEARS! (Ruth 4:15 NLT)
Salmon fathered Boaz... (Ruth 4:21 NLT)
Boaz fathered Obed... (Ruth 4:21 NLT)
Obed fathered Jesse... (Ruth 4:22 NLT)
AND JESSE FATHERED DAVID... THE KING OF ISRAEL’S SONG! (Ruth 4:22 NLT)
