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3:1  After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
3:2  He said:
3:3  May the day I was born perish, and the night when they said, "A boy is conceived."
3:4  If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.
3:5  May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.
3:6  If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.
3:7  Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout be heard in it.
3:8  Let those who curse certain days cast a spell on it, those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.
3:9  May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
3:10  For that night did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.
3:11  Why was I not stillborn; why didn't I die as I came from the womb?
3:12  Why did the knees receive me, and why were there breasts for me to nurse?
3:13  Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
3:14  with the kings and counselors of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
3:15  or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
3:16  Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight?
3:17  There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
3:18  The captives are completely at ease; they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.
3:19  Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master.
3:20  Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,
3:21  who wait for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
3:22  who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave?
3:23  Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
3:24  I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
3:25  For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.
3:26  I cannot relax or be still; I have no rest, for trouble comes.