Job 3

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¹ After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,	¹ In the end it was Job who broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth.
² and this is what he said:	² This is what he said:
³ May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”	³ Perish the day on which I was born and the night that told of a boy conceived.
⁴ May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it.	⁴ May that day be darkness, may God on high have no thought for it, may no light shine on it.
⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness.	⁵ May murk and shadow dark as death claim it for their own, clouds hang over it, eclipse swoop down onit.
⁶ Let a whirlwind of darkness take hold of that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.	⁶ See! Let obscurity seize on it, from the days of the year let it be excluded, into the reckoning of themonths not find its way.
⁷ May that night be alone and unworthy of praise.	⁷ And may that night be sterile, devoid of any cries of joy!
⁸ May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.	⁸ Let it be cursed by those who curse certain days and are ready to rouse Leviathan.
⁹ Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.	⁹ Dark be the stars of its morning, let it wait in vain for light and never see the opening eyes of dawn.
¹⁰ For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.	¹⁰ Since it would not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide sorrow from my eyes.
¹¹ Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?	¹¹ Why was I not stil -born, or why did I not perish as I left the womb?
¹² Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?	¹² Why were there knees to receive me, breasts for me to suck?
¹³ For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep	¹³ Now I should be lying in peace, wrapped in a restful slumber,
¹⁴ with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,	¹⁴ with the kings and high viziers of earth who have built their dwel ings in desolate places,
¹⁵ either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,	¹⁵ or with princes who have quantities of gold and silver cramming their tombs;
¹⁶ or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.	¹⁶ or, put away like an abortive child, I should not have existed, like little ones that never see the light.
¹⁷ There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.	¹⁷ Down there, the wicked bustle no more, there the weary rest.
¹⁸ And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.	¹⁸ Prisoners, al left in peace, hear no more the shouts of the oppressor.
¹⁹ The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.	¹⁹ High and low are there together, and the slave is free of his master.
²⁰ Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,	²⁰ Why give light to a man of grief? Why give life to those bitter of heart,
²¹ who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure	²¹ who long for a death that never comes, and hunt for it more than for buried treasure?
²² and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,	²² They would be glad to see the grave-mound and shout with joy if they reached the tomb.
²³ to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?	²³ Why give light to one who does not see his way, whom God shuts in al alone?
²⁴ Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,	²⁴ My only food is sighs, and my groans pour out like water.
²⁵ for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.	²⁵ Whatever I fear comes true, whatever I dread befal s me.
²⁶ Have I not remained hidden? Have I not kept silence? Have I not remained calm? Yet indignation has overcome me.	²⁶ For me, there is no calm, no peace; my torments banish rest.

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