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3 : 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
3 : 2 He said:
3 : 3 May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, `A boy is born!`
3 : 4 That day--may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it.
3 : 5 May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light.
3 : 6 That night--may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
3 : 7 May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
3 : 8 May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
3 : 9 May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
3 : 10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
3 : 11 Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
3 : 12 Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
3 : 13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
3 : 14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
3 : 15 with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
3 : 16 Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
3 : 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
3 : 18 Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver`s shout.
3 : 19 The small and the great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
3 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
3 : 21 to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
3 : 22 who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
3 : 23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
3 : 24 For sighing comes to me instead of food; my groans pour out like water.
3 : 25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
3 : 26 I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil."