January 1
Job 10 & Matthew 1
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Job 10

Chapter 10

10:1I am disgusted with my life.
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God:
"Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.
3Is it good for You to oppress,
to reject the work of Your hands,
and favor the plans of the wicked?
4Do You have eyes of flesh,
or do You see as a human sees?
5Are Your days like those of a human,
or Your years like those of a man,
6that You look for my wrongdoing
and search for my sin,
7even though You know that I am not wicked
and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
8"Your hands shaped me and formed me.
Will You now turn and destroy me?
9Please remember that You formed me like clay.
Will You now return me to dust?
10Did You not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and wove me together with bones and tendons.
12You gave me life and faithful love,
and Your care has guarded my life.
13"Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart;
I know that this was Your hidden plan:
14if I sin, You would notice,
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.
15If I am wicked, woe to me!
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am filled with shame
and aware of my affliction.
16If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion
and again display Your miraculous power against me.
17You produce new witnesses against me
and multiply Your anger toward me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
18"Why did You bring me out of the womb?
I should have died and never been seen.
19I wish I had never existed
but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are my days not few? Stop it!
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
21before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
never to return.
22It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,
gloomy and chaotic,
where even the light is like the darkness."

Matthew 1

Chapter 1

1:1The historical record of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
2Abraham fathered Isaac,
Isaac fathered Jacob,
Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
3Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Aram,
4Aram fathered Amminadab,
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Nahshon fathered Salmon,
5Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,
Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,
Obed fathered Jesse,
6and Jesse fathered King David.
Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah's wife,
7Solomon fathered Rehoboam,
Rehoboam fathered Abijah,
Abijah fathered Asa,
8Asa fathered Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,
Joram fathered Uzziah,
9Uzziah fathered Jotham,
Jotham fathered Ahaz,
Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
10Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,
Manasseh fathered Amon,
Amon fathered Josiah,
11and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers
at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12Then after the exile to Babylon
Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel,
Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,
Abiud fathered Eliakim,
Eliakim fathered Azor,
14Azor fathered Zadok,
Zadok fathered Achim,
Achim fathered Eliud,
15Eliud fathered Eleazar,
Eleazar fathered Matthan,
Matthan fathered Jacob,
16and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,
who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, 14 generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, 14 generations.
18The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
20But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."
22Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
23See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name Him Immanuel,
which is translated "God is with us."
24When Joseph got up from sleeping, he did as the Lord's angel had commanded him. He married her 25but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. And he named Him Jesus.

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