First ReadingJob 19:21-27
From the Book of Job
21“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends,for the hand of God has touched me.22Why do you persecute me as God,and are not satisfied with my flesh?23“Oh that my words were now written!Oh that they were inscribed in a book!24That with an iron pen and leadthey were engraved in the rock forever!25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.In the end, he will stand upon the earth.26After my skin is destroyed,then I will see God in my flesh,27whom I, even I, will see on my side.My eyes will see, and not as a stranger.“My heart is consumed within me.