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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  “Perish the day on which I was born and the night it was said, ‘A boy is born.’
3:4  May that day turn to darkness; may God not take note of it from above, and may light not shine upon it.
3:5  May gloom and heavy darkness claim it; let clouds spread over it and blackness eclipse its light.
3:6  May thick darkness overpower it; let it not be numbered among the days of the year or reckoned in the cycle of the months.
3:7  “May that night be barren; let no cry of joy be heard during it.
3:8  Let those curse it who curse the sea and are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
3:9  May the stars of its twilight be darkened; let it wait in vain for daylight and never behold the first rays of dawn,
3:10  because it refused to shut the doors of the womb of my mother who bore me and shield my eyes from sorrow.
3:11  “Why did I not die at birth, perishing as I came forth from the womb?
3:12  Why were there knees to receive me or breasts for me to feed on?
3:13  “For now I would be lying in tranquility, asleep and resting peacefully
3:14  with kings and counselors of the earth who built palaces for themselves that now lie in ruins,
3:15  or with princes who possessed gold in abundance and filled their homes with silver.
3:16  Or why was I not laid in a grave like a stillborn child, like an infant that had never seen the light?
3:17  “In death the wicked are free from worldly troubles and the weary find rest.
3:18  There the captives enjoy the solace of peace without having to cringe at the voice of their masters.
3:19  The small and the great are there as equals, and servants are free from their masters.
3:20  “Why is light given to those in misery and life to those whose hearts are bitter,
3:21  who long for death that never comes and seek for it more than for hidden treasure,
3:22  who would rejoice to see the grave and exult on reaching the tomb,
3:23  who are unable to find their way and whom God has hemmed in on every side?
3:24  “Sighs are for me my only food, and my groans pour forth like water.
3:25  Everything that I fear has afflicted me, and whatever I dread befalls me.
3:26  I am unable to find peace of mind or tranquility; troubles assail me, and I find no rest.”