After{H310} this opened{H6605}{(H8804)} Job{H347} his mouth{H6310}, and cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} his day{H3117}.

And Job{H347} spake{H6030}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)},

Let the day{H3117} perish{H6}{(H8799)} wherein I was born{H3205}{(H8735)}, and the night{H3915} in which it was said{H559}{(H8804)}, There is a man child{H1397} conceived{H2029}{(H8795)}.

Let that day{H3117} be darkness{H2822}; let not God{H433} regard{H1875}{(H8799)} it from above{H4605}, neither let the light{H5105} shine{H3313}{(H8686)} upon it.

Let darkness{H2822} and the shadow of death{H6757} stain{H1350}{(H8799)} it; let a cloud{H6053} dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} upon it; let the blackness{H3650} of the day{H3117} terrify{H1204}{(H8762)} it.

As for that night{H3915}, let darkness{H652} seize{H3947}{(H8799)} upon it; let it not be joined{H2302}{(H8799)} unto the days{H3117} of the year{H8141}, let it not come{H935}{(H8799)} into the number{H4557} of the months{H3391}.

Lo, let that night{H3915} be solitary{H1565}, let no joyful voice{H7445} come{H935}{(H8799)} therein.

Let them curse{H5344}{(H8799)} it that curse{H779}{(H8802)} the day{H3117}, who are ready{H6264} to raise up{H5782}{(H8788)} their mourning{H3882}.

Let the stars{H3556} of the twilight{H5399} thereof be dark{H2821}{(H8799)}; let it look{H6960}{(H8762)} for light{H216}, but have none; neither let it see{H7200}{(H8799)} the dawning{H6079} of the day{H7837}:

Because it shut not up{H5462}{(H8804)} the doors{H1817} of my mother's womb{H990}, nor hid{H5641}{(H8686)} sorrow{H5999} from mine eyes{H5869}.

Why died{H4191}{(H8799)} I not from the womb{H7358}? why did I not give up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)} when I came out{H3318}{(H8804)} of the belly{H990}?

Why did the knees{H1290} prevent{H6923}{(H8765)} me? or why the breasts{H7699} that I should suck{H3243}{(H8799)}?

For now should I have lain still{H7901}{(H8804)} and been quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}, I should have slept{H3462}{(H8804)}: then had I been at rest{H5117}{(H8799)},

With kings{H4428} and counsellors{H3289}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776}, which built{H1129}{(H8802)} desolate places{H2723} for themselves;

Or with princes{H8269} that had gold{H2091}, who filled{H4390}{(H8764)} their houses{H1004} with silver{H3701}:

Or as an hidden{H2934}{(H8803)} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been; as infants{H5768} which never saw{H7200}{(H8804)} light{H216}.

There the wicked{H7563} cease{H2308}{(H8804)} from troubling{H7267}; and there the weary{H3019}{H3581} be at rest{H5117}{(H8799)}.

There the prisoners{H615} rest{H7599}{(H8768)} together{H3162}; they hear{H8085}{(H8804)} not the voice{H6963} of the oppressor{H5065}{(H8802)}.

The small{H6996} and great{H1419} are there; and the servant{H5650} is free{H2670} from his master{H113}.

Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414}{(H8799)} to him that is in misery{H6001}, and life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul{H5315};

Which long{H2442}{(H8764)} for death{H4194}, but it cometh not; and dig{H2658}{(H8799)} for it more than for hid treasures{H4301};

Which rejoice{H8056} exceedingly{H1524}, and are glad{H7797}{(H8799)}, when they can find{H4672}{(H8799)} the grave{H6913}?

Why is light given to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid{H5641}{(H8738)}, and whom God{H433} hath hedged in{H5526}{(H8686)}?

For my sighing{H585} cometh{H935}{(H8799)} before{H6440} I eat{H3899}, and my roarings{H7581} are poured out{H5413}{(H8799)} like the waters{H4325}.

For the thing which I greatly{H6343} feared{H6342}{(H8804)} is come{H857}{(H8799)} upon me, and that which I was afraid{H3025}{(H8804)} of is come{H935}{(H8799)} unto me.

I was not in safety{H7951}{(H8804)}, neither had I rest{H8252}{(H8804)}, neither was I quiet{H5117}{(H8804)}; yet trouble{H7267} came{H935}{(H8799)}.