Readings for Lent and Easter

²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends! Please have pity!
    God has struck me down with his powerful hand.
²² Why do you chase after me as he does?
    Aren’t you satisfied with what you have done to me already?

²³ “I wish my words were written down!
    I wish they were written in a book!
²⁴ I wish they were cut into lead with an iron tool!
    I wish they were carved in rock forever!
²⁵ I know that my redeemer lives.
    In the end he will stand on the earth.
²⁶ Though my skin will be destroyed,
    in my body I’ll see God.
²⁷ I myself will see him with my own eyes.
    I’ll see him, and he won’t be a stranger to me.
    How my heart longs for that day!

²⁸ “You might say, ‘Let’s keep bothering Job.
    After all, he’s the cause of all his suffering.’
²⁹ But you should be afraid when God comes to judge you.
    He’ll be angry. He’ll punish you with his sword.
    Then you will know that he is the Judge.”