Job 3

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,	1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
2 and he said:	2 Job spoke out and said:
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.	3 Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, "The child is a boy!"
4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.	4 May that day be darkness: let not God above call for it, nor light shine upon it!
5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.	5 May darkness and gloom claim it, clouds settle upon it, the blackness of night affright it!
6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.	6 May obscurity seize that day; let it not occur among the days of the year, nor enter into the count of the months!
7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.	7 May that night be barren; let no joyful outcry greet it!
8 Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:	8 Let them curse it who curse the sea, the appointed disturbers of Leviathan!
9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:	9 May the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it look for daylight, but have none, nor gaze on the eyes of the dawn,
10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.	10 Because it kept not shut the doors of the womb to shield my eyes from trouble!
11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?	11 Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?
12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ?	12 Wherefore did the knees receive me? or why did I suck at the breasts?
13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.	13 For then I should have lain down and been tranquil; had I slept, I should then have been at rest
14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:	14 With kings and counselors of the earth who built where now there are ruins
15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:	15 Or with princes who had gold and filled their houses with silver.
16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.	16 Or why was I not buried away like an untimely birth, like babes that have never seen the light?
17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.	17 There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest.
18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.	18 There the captives are at ease together, and hear not the voice of the slave driver.
19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.	19 Small and great are there the same, and the servant is free from his master.
20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?	20 Why is light given to the toilers, and life to the bitter in spirit?
21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:	21 They wait for death and it comes not; they search for it rather than for hidden treasures,
22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.	22 Rejoice in it exultingly, and are glad when they reach the grave:
23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?	23 Men whose path is hidden from them, and whom God has hemmed in!
24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:	24 For sighing comes more readily to me than food, and my groans well forth like water.
25 For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.	25 For what I fear overtakes me, and what I shrink from comes upon me.
26 Have I not dissembled ? have I not kept silence ? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.	26 I have no peace nor ease; I have no rest, for trouble comes!