Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

Let me now sing of my friend,/ my friend’s song concerning his vineyard./ My friend had a vineyard/ on a fertile hillside;/ he spaded it, cleared it of stones,/ and planted the choicest vines;/ within it he built a watchtower,/ and hewed out a wine press./ Then he looked for the crop of grapes,/ but what it yielded was wild grapes.

I know that you can do all things,/ and that no purpose of yours can be hindered./ I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;/ things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know./ I had heard of you by word of mouth,/ but now my eye has seen you./ Therefore I disown what I have said,/ and repent in dust and ashes.

Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning/ and shown the dawn its place/ For taking hold of the ends of the earth,/ till the wicked are shaken from its surface?/ The earth is changed as is clay by the seal,/ and dyed as though it were a garment;/ But from the wicked the light is withheld,/ and the arm of pride is shattered.

Thus says the Lord: “See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.

Job said:/ Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,/ for the hand of God has struck me!/ Why do you hound me as though you were divine,/ and insatiably prey upon me?

I know well that it is so;/ but how can a man be ­justified before God?/ Should one wish to contend with him,/ he could not answer him once in a thousand times./ God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;/ who has withstood him and remained unscathed?

War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon.

As I watched:/ Thrones were set up/ and the Ancient One took his throne./ His clothing was bright as snow,/ and the hair on his head as white as wool;/ His throne was flames of fire,/ with wheels of burning fire./ A surging stream of fire/ flowed out from where he sat;/ Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,/ and myriads upon myriads attended him.

One day, when the angels of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan also came among them.