Friday, October 2, 2026

¹Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,

¹²"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

¹³that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

¹⁴It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.

¹⁵From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

¹⁶"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁸Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.

¹⁹"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

²⁰that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

²¹Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

³Then Job answered the LORD,

⁴"Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

¹He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

²I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

³For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

¹⁰no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

¹¹For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them

³and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁵Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

¹⁰See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.