Tuesday 2 October 2018

1After this Job opened his mouth,and cursed the day of his birth.2Job answered:

3“Let the day perish in which I was born,the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’· · · verses 4–10 are not read11“Why didn’t I die from the womb?Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?12Why did the knees receive me?Or why the breast, that I should nurse?13For now I should have lain down and been quiet.I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,14with kings and counselors of the earth,who built up waste places for themselves;15or with princes who had gold,who filled their houses with silver;16or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,as infants who never saw light.17There the wicked cease from troubling.There the weary are at rest.· · · verses 18–19 are not read20“Why is light given to him who is in misery,life to the bitter in soul,21who long for death, but it doesn’t come;and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,22who rejoice exceedingly,and are glad, when they can find the grave?23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,whom God has hedged in?

2Lord, the God of my salvation,I have cried day and night before you.3Let my prayer enter into your presence.Turn your ear to my cry.

4For my soul is full of troubles.My life draws near to Sheol.5I am counted among those who go down into the pit.I am like a man who has no help,

6set apart among the dead,like the slain who lie in the grave,whom you remember no more.They are cut off from your hand.

7You have laid me in the lowest pit,in the darkest depths.8Your wrath lies heavily on me.You have afflicted me with all your waves.

1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus,saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

2Jesus called a little child to himself,and set him in the middle of them3and said, “Most certainly I tell you,unless you turn and become as little children,you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.4Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.5Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,· · · verses 6–9 are not read10See that you don’t despise one of these little ones,for I tell youthat in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.