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Ruth 1-4

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This song belongs to the Ruth collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book: Ruth
Collection: Ruth
Musical styles: Acoustic, World Music, Rock, Country & Americana, Worship & Gospel

[Verse 1] Famine drove Elimelech From Bethlehem's fields to Moab. Death took husband, death took sons; Naomi's house grew robbed. Orpah kissed and turned away; Ruth held her mother fast. A widow chose an unknown road And left her people past. [Refrain - Ruth] Where you go, I will go. Where you lodge, there will I lie. Your people shall become my people, Your God mine till I die. Where earth receives you, let me rest; No road shall make us sever. Where you go, I will go, And kindness bind us ever. [Verse 2] They reached the town at barley harvest; Ruth went gleaning after men. Boaz saw the foreign widow, Heard the love that brought her in. He charged the reapers not to harm her, Left her grain beyond the row; At his table she found welcome, And Naomi's hope could grow. [Bridge] At the threshing floor she asked him To redeem the family name. At the gate the nearer kinsman Yielded sandal, right, and claim. [Final Refrain] Boaz took Ruth; a son was given, Obed rested on her knee. Naomi held the child of comfort, Root of royal ancestry. Where you go, the Lord goes farther; Faithful love outlives the grave. From a gleaner came a kingdom, From the widow, David's way.

Named in this songBethlehem Naomi Ruth Boaz David

About the passage

Ruth 1: Loss, loyal love, and a return to Bethlehem

The Book of Ruth opens with a household steadily emptied by famine, migration, and death. Bethlehem has no bread, so Elimelech’s family goes to Moab, where Naomi eventually loses her husband and both sons. When she hears that the LORD has given bread again in Judah, she begins the return and urges Ruth and Orpah to seek new futures rather than bind themselves to her losses. Orpah leaves after Naomi’s repeated request, while Ruth chooses a loyalty that reaches beyond companionship to people, God, death, and burial. Bethlehem receives the two women at barley harvest, but Naomi can still describe herself as empty while Ruth stands beside her. The chapter closes without correcting Naomi’s grief. Instead, the Book of Ruth quietly places grief, loyal presence, returning bread, and the beginning of harvest in the same frame.

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Ruth 2: Gleaning becomes a place of protection and provision

The Book of Ruth moves from famine and bereavement into the working life of a harvest field. Ruth goes to glean, a provision already built into Israel’s law for vulnerable people, and her “hap” brings her to land belonging to Boaz, a relative of Elimelech. Boaz’s response turns generosity into a set of concrete protections: Ruth may remain with his women workers, drink freely, eat at his table, gather without rebuke, and work under an explicit order that the young men not touch her. He also has extra grain dropped deliberately for her. Ruth returns to Naomi with abundance and with food saved from the meal. When she names Boaz, Naomi sees more than a successful day. She recognizes covenant kindness and identifies him as one of their redeemers. Hope is returning, but the chapter lets it ripen through both barley and wheat harvests rather than forcing a quick resolution.

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Ruth 3: Ruth asks Boaz to act as redeemer

The Book of Ruth brings the question of redemption into a tense nighttime encounter without allowing the chapter to end there. Naomi seeks “rest” for Ruth, meaning a secure household and future, and sends her to the threshing floor with a plan that carries genuine social risk. Ruth follows the instructions, but at midnight she also speaks with remarkable directness. She asks Boaz to spread his covering over her because he is a near kinsman, echoing his earlier blessing about refuge under the LORD’s wings. Boaz praises her character and agrees to act, yet he will not erase the nearer redeemer’s right. The private request therefore points toward public legal resolution. Before dawn Boaz sends Ruth back with grain and a promise in motion. Naomi then tells her to wait, not because Ruth has done nothing, but because she has acted, spoken, and asked plainly. The next responsibility belongs to Boaz.

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