Job 3

Verse 1. After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

Verse 2. And he said:

Verse 3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.

Verse 4. Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

Verse 5. Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

Verse 6. Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

Verse 7. Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

Verse 8. Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

Verse 9. Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

Verse 10. Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

Verse 11. Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?

Verse 12. Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?

Verse 13. For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.

Verse 14. With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

Verse 15. Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:

Verse 16. Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

Verse 17. There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

Verse 18. And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

Verse 19. The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

Verse 20. Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

Verse 21. That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

Verse 22. And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.

Verse 23. To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

Verse 24. Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

Verse 25. For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

Verse 26. Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.