Job 3
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1 After this, Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
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2 And he said:
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3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
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4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
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5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
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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.
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7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
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8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
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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:
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10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
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11 Why did I not die in the womb? why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
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12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
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13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:
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14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
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15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:
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16 Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be; or as they that, being conceived, have not seen the light.
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17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
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18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
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19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
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20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
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21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
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22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave?
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23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
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24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
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25 For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
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26 Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.