Job 14:1-17

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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All

14 “Man who is ^(A)born of a woman
    is ^(B)few of days and ^(C)full of trouble.
²He comes out like ^(D)a flower and ^(E)withers;
    he flees like ^(F)a shadow and continues not.
³And do you ^(G)open your eyes on such a one
    and ^(H)bring me into judgment with you?
⁴Who can bring ^(I)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.
⁵Since his ^(J)days are determined,
    and ^(K)the number of his months is with you,
    and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
⁶^(L)look away from him and leave him alone,^[a]
    that he may enjoy, like ^(M)a hired hand, his day.

⁷“For there is hope for a tree,
    if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
    and that its shoots will not cease.
⁸Though its root grow old in the earth,
    and ^(N)its stump die in the soil,
⁹yet at the scent of water it will bud
    and put out ^(O)branches like a young plant.
¹⁰But a man dies and is laid low;
    man breathes his last, and ^(P)where is he?
¹¹^(Q)As waters fail from a lake
    and a river wastes away and dries up,
¹²so a man lies down and rises not again;
    till ^(R)the heavens are no more he will not awake
    or be ^(S)roused out of his sleep.
¹³Oh that you would ^(T)hide me in ^(U)Sheol,
    that you would ^(V)conceal me ^(W)until your wrath be past,
    that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
¹⁴If a man dies, shall he live again?
    All the days of my ^(X)service I would ^(Y)wait,
    till my renewal^[b] should come.
¹⁵You would ^(Z)call, and I would answer you;
    you would long for the ^(AA)work of your hands.
¹⁶For then you would ^(AB)number my steps;
    you would not keep ^(AC)watch over my sin;
¹⁷my transgression would be ^(AD)sealed up in a bag,
    and you would cover over my iniquity.

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Job 14:6 Probable reading; Hebrew look away from him, that he may cease
Job 14:14 Or relief

Psalm 130

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My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(C)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(O)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(Q)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

1 Peter 4:1-8

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Stewards of God's Grace

4 Since therefore ^(A)Christ suffered in the flesh,^[a] ^(B)arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for ^(C)whoever has suffered in the flesh ^(D)has ceased from sin, ²^(E)so as to live for ^(F)the rest of the time in the flesh ^(G)no longer for human passions but ^(H)for the will of God. ³For the time that is past ^(I)suffices ^(J)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. ⁴With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^(K)debauchery, and ^(L)they malign you; ⁵but they will give account to him who is ready ^(M)to judge the living and the dead. ⁶For this is why ^(N)the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

⁷^(O)The end of all things is at hand; therefore ^(P)be self-controlled and sober-minded ^(Q)for the sake of your prayers. ⁸Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^(R)love covers a multitude of sins.

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1 Peter 4:1 Some manuscripts add for us; some for you

Matthew 27:57-66

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Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷^(A)When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰and ^(B)laid it in his own new tomb, ^(C)which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ^(D)a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹Mary Magdalene and ^(E)the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶²The next day, that is, after the day of ^(F)Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate ⁶³and said, “Sir, we remember how ^(G)that impostor said, while he was still alive, ^(H)‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ^(I)lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have ^(J)a guard^[a] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” ⁶⁶So they went and made the tomb secure by ^(K)sealing the stone and setting a guard.

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Matthew 27:65 Or Take a guard

John 19:38-42

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Jesus Is Buried

³⁸^(A)After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ^(B)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. ³⁹^(C)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus^[a] by night, came ^(D)bringing a mixture of ^(E)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds^[b] in weight. ⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and ^(F)bound it in ^(G)linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. ⁴¹Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ^(H)garden, and ^(I)in the garden a new tomb ^(J)in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴²So because of the Jewish ^(K)day of Preparation, ^(L)since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.