Formation Journal Reading Plan

42:1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

42:2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.

42:4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

42:6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

42:7 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

42:8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”

42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

42:10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

42:11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

42:12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

42:14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

42:15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

42:16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

1:2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

1:3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

1:4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

1:5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

1:8 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

1:9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

1:10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?” It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

1:11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

1:12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

1:13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

1:15 That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

1:16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

1:17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

67:1 For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

67:2 That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,

67:3 let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

67:4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

67:5 Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

67:6 The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.

67:7 God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.

16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

16:2 On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

16:3 When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

16:4 If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.