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3:1  After a while, Job opened his mouth to speak. He cursed the day he had been born.
3:2  He said,
3:3  “May the day I was born be wiped out. May the night be wiped away when people said, ‘A boy is born!’
3:4  May that day turn into darkness. May God in heaven not care about it. May no light shine on it.
3:5  May gloom and total darkness take it back. May a cloud settle over it. May blackness cover it up.
3:6  May deep darkness take over the night I was born. May it not be included among the days of the year. May it never appear in any of the months.
3:7  May no children ever have been born on that night. May no shout of joy be heard in it.
3:8  May people say evil things about that day. May people ready to wake the sea monster Leviathan say evil things about that day.
3:9  May its morning stars become dark. May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight. May it not see the first light of the morning sun.
3:10  It didn’t keep my mother from letting me be born. It didn’t keep my eyes from seeing trouble.
3:11  “Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?
3:12  Why was I placed on her knees? Why did her breasts give me milk?
3:13  If all of that hadn’t happened, I would be lying down in peace. I’d be asleep and at rest in the grave.
3:14  I’d be with the earth’s kings and rulers. They had built for themselves places that are now destroyed.
3:15  I’d be with princes who used to have gold. They had filled their houses with silver.
3:16  Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
3:17  In the grave, sinful people don’t cause trouble anymore. And there tired people find rest.
3:18  Prisoners also enjoy peace there. They don’t hear a slave driver shouting at them anymore.
3:19  The least important and most important people are there. And there the slaves are set free from their owners.
3:20  “Why should those who suffer ever be born? Why should life be given to those whose spirits are bitter?
3:21  Why is life given to those who long for death that doesn’t come? Why is it given to those who would rather search for death than for hidden treasure?
3:22  Why is life given to those who are actually happy and glad when they reach the grave?
3:23  Why is life given to a man like me? God hasn’t told me what will happen to me. He has surrounded me with nothing but trouble.
3:24  Sighs have become my food every day. Groans pour out of me like water.
3:25  What I was afraid of has come on me. What I worried about has happened to me.
3:26  I don’t have any peace and quiet. I can’t find any rest. All I have is trouble.”