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Job Deplores His Birth
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Job’s Lament
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
“May the day perish on which I was born,
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
May darkness and the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.
Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!
May no joyful shout come into it!
“Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.
Let no joyful shout enter it.
May those curse it who curse the day,
Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;
Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.
Or hide trouble from my eyes.
“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?
Come forth from the womb and expire?
Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who built ruins for themselves,
Who built ruins for themselves,
With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;
Who filled their houses with silver;
Or with princes who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
Who were filling their houses with silver.
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
Like infants who never saw light?
“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.
As infants that never saw light.
“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
And there the weary are at rest.
“The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.
And the servant is free from his master.
“The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.
And the slave is free from his master.
“Why is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter of soul,
And life to the bitter of soul,
“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,
And life to the bitter of soul,
Who long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the grave?
And are glad when they can find the grave?
Who rejoice greatly,
And exult when they find the grave?
And exult when they find the grave?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
And whom God has hedged in?
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
And whom God has hedged in?
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries pour out like water.
And my cries pour out like water.
For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.
And what I dread befalls me.