Luke 1:25

1:25 “This is what ¹  the Lord has done for me at the time ²  when he has been gracious to me, ³  to take away my disgrace ⁴  among people.” ⁵ 

Ruth 4:14-17

4:14 The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian ⁶  today! May he ⁷  become famous in Israel! ⁸  4:15 He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, ⁹  for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She ¹⁰  is better to you than seven sons!” 4:16 Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; ¹¹  she became his caregiver. ¹²  4:17 The neighbor women named him, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. ¹³  Now he became the father of Jesse – David’s father!

Psalms 113:9

113:9 He makes the barren woman of the family ¹⁴ 

a happy mother of children. ¹⁵ 

Praise the Lord!

¹ tn Grk “Thus.”

² tn Grk “in the days.”

³ tn Grk “has looked on me” (an idiom for taking favorable notice of someone).

⁴ sn Barrenness was often seen as a reproach or disgrace (Lev 20:20-21; Jer 22:30), but now at her late age (the exact age is never given in Luke’s account), God had miraculously removed it (see also Luke 1:7).

⁵ tn Grk “among men”; but the context clearly indicates a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") here.

⁶ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in 3:9. As the following context indicates, the child is referred to here.

⁷ tn The “guardian” is the subject of the verb, as the next verse makes clear.

⁸ tn Heb “may his name be called [i.e., “perpetuated”; see Gen 48:16] in Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he will become for you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age” (NASB similar).

¹⁰ tn Heb “who, she”; KJV “which is better to thee.”

¹¹ tn Or “breast”; KJV, NRSV “in her bosom.”

¹² tn Heb “his nurse,” but this refers to a dry nurse, not a medical attendant. Cf. NIV “and cared for him”; TEV “and took (+ good CEV) care of him.”

¹³ tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).

¹⁴ tn Heb “of the house.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “sons.”