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

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

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

Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

How long wilt 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 revive a little,

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will!

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

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

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

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

I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.