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3 : 1 Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
3 : 2 And Job said,
3 : 3 Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, `A boy is conceived.`
3 : 4 May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
3 : 5 Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3 : 6 As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
3 : 7 Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.
3 : 8 Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
3 : 9 Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
3 : 10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother`s womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.
3 : 11 Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
3 : 12 Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?
3 : 13 For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
3 : 14 With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
3 : 15 Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.
3 : 16 Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
3 : 17 There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
3 : 18 The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
3 : 19 The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.
3 : 20 Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,
3 : 21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
3 : 22 Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave?
3 : 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
3 : 24 For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.
3 : 25 For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.
3 : 26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.