Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come into it.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to arouse leviathan.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Then should I still have comfort; yea, I would exult myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid.

Then call, and I will answer: or let me speak, and you answer me.

That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for futility shall be his reward.

O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolation.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its socket.

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattery unto man.

Let us choose for us justice: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?

Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.

Can you draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?