Job 3:1 (BSB)
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Job 3:2 (BSB)
And this is what he said:

Job 3:3 (BSB)
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

Job 3:4 (BSB)
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Job 3:5 (BSB)
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 3:6 (BSB)
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Job 3:7 (BSB)
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

Job 3:8 (BSB)
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Job 3:9 (BSB)
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Job 3:10 (BSB)
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Job 3:11 (BSB)
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Job 3:12 (BSB)
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Job 3:13 (BSB)
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Job 3:14 (BSB)
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Job 3:15 (BSB)
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Job 3:16 (BSB)
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Job 3:17 (BSB)
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Job 3:18 (BSB)
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:19 (BSB)
Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

Job 3:20 (BSB)
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 3:21 (BSB)
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Job 3:22 (BSB)
who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

Job 3:23 (BSB)
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Job 3:24 (BSB)
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Job 3:25 (BSB)
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Job 3:26 (BSB)
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
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