Formation Journal Reading Plan

10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

10:5 Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,

10:6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

10:7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

10:8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

10:12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

10:13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

10:16 And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

10:22 The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

11:3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

11:4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

11:5 But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

11:6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

11:8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

11:10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

11:11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

11:12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.

11:13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

11:14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

11:15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

11:16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

11:17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

50:3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

50:4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:

50:5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. [Selah

50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

50:11 I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

50:14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;

50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

3:3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

3:4 For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?

3:5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

3:6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

3:7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

3:9 For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

3:10 According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

3:12 But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

3:13 each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

3:14 If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

3:15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

3:16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

3:17 If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

3:20 and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

3:21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

3:22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

3:23 and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.