Day 30 - Friday after the Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Read | Day 30|January 30|Job 38:1 – 40:5

Reading | God shows up and talks to Job = where were you when I laid down the earth's foundation?; Can you control Creation?; on-and-on; Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? [great section of Scripture];

Job = I am unworthy - how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

Next |Day 31|January 31|Job 40:6 – 42:17

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Psalm 40 
or Coverdale
1I waited patiently upon the LORD; *
he stooped to me and heard my cry. 
2 He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; *
he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure. 
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God; *
many shall see, and stand in awe,
and put their trust in the LORD. 
4 Happy are they who trust in the LORD! *
they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods. 
5 Great things are they that you have done, O LORD my God!
how great your wonders and your plans for us! *
there is none who can be compared with you. 
6 Oh, that I could make them known and tell them! *
but they are more than I can count. 
7 In sacrifice and offering you take no pleasure *
(you have given me ears to hear you); 
8 Burnt-offering and sin-offering you have not required, *
and so I said, "Behold, I come. 
9 In the roll of the book it is written concerning me: *
'I love to do your will, O my God;
your law is deep in my heart.'"
10 I proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation; *
behold, I did not restrain my lips;
and that, O LORD, you know.
11 Your righteousness have I not hidden in my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your deliverance; *
I have not concealed your love and faithfulness from the great congregation. 
12 You are the LORD;
do not withhold your compassion from me; *
let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever, 
13 For innumerable troubles have crowded upon me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see; *
they are more in number than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me. 
14 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; *
O LORD, make haste to help me.
15Let them be ashamed and altogether dismayed
who seek after my life to destroy it; *
let them draw back and be disgraced who take pleasure in my misfortune. 
16 Let those who say "Aha!" and gloat over me be confounded, *
because they are ashamed. 
17 Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be glad; *
let those who love your salvation continually say,
"Great is the LORD!" 
18 Though I am poor and afflicted, *
the Lord will have regard for me. 
19 You are my helper and my deliverer; *
do not tarry, O my God.

Source | Daily Office in English | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Click here for today

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