16 But Ruth replied:

Do not persuade me to leave you
or go back and not follow you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.

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16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

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Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;(A)
hide me in the shadow of Your wings(B)

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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.(A)

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How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Psalm 57

Praise for God’s Protection

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”[a] A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.(A)

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 Possibly a tune

57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

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because You are my helper;(A)
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.(B)

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Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

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