1<\/sup>After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>and this is what he said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Let a whirlwind of darkness take hold of that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>May that night be alone and unworthy of praise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Have I not remained hidden? Have I not kept silence? Have I not remained calm? Yet indignation has overcome me.<\/span> <\/p>\n