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<p class="indent2"> may no light shine upon it. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>May darkness and gloom reclaim it, <p class="indent2"> and a cloud settle over it; <p class="indent2"> may the blackness of the day overwhelm it. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If only darkness had taken that night away! <p class="indent2"> May it not appear among the days of the year; <p class="indent2"> may it never be entered in any of the months. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Behold, may that night be barren; <p class="indent2"> may no joyful voice come into it. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>May it be cursed by those who curse the day<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> —<p class="indent2"> those prepared to rouse Leviathan. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May its morning stars grow dark; <p class="indent2"> may it wait in vain for daylight; <p class="indent2"> may it not see the breaking of dawn. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For that night did not shut the doors of the womb <p class="indent2"> to hide the sorrow from my eyes. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why did I not perish at birth; <p class="indent2"> why did I not die as I came from the womb? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why were there knees to receive me, <p class="indent2"> and breasts that I should be nursed? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For now I would be lying down in peace; <p class="indent2"> I would be asleep and at rest <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>with kings and counselors of the earth, <p class="indent2"> who built for themselves cities now in ruins, <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>or with princes who had gold, <p class="indent2"> who filled their houses with silver. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, <p class="indent2"> like an infant who never sees daylight? <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There the wicked cease from raging, <p class="indent2"> and there the weary find rest. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The captives enjoy their ease; <p class="indent2"> they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Both small and great are there, <p class="indent2"> and the slave is freed from his master. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why is light given to the miserable, <p class="indent2"> and life to the bitter of soul, <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>who long for death that does not come, <p class="indent2"> and search for it like hidden treasure, <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who rejoice and greatly exult <p class="indent2"> when they can find the grave? <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, <p class="indent2"> whom God has hedged in? <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I sigh when food is put before me, <p class="indent2"> and my groans pour out like water. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For the thing I feared has overtaken me, <p class="indent2"> and what I dreaded has befallen me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I am not at ease or quiet; 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