Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let blackness come upon it.

As for that night, let thick 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 barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, nor let it behold the eyelids of the morning.

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

And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.

How long will thou 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 terror make me afraid.

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

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and do not let thy dread make me afraid.

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

that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.

O earth, do not cover thou my blood, and let my cry have no [resting] place.

though he spares it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,

Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.

[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

I hold fast my righteousness, 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 let him who rises up against me be 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 the produce of my field be rooted out.

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person. Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.