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.

Or I should have been as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never saw light.

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

O that my grief were but weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.

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

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

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.

But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

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

The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

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

And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

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

They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

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

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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.

that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.

Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom does his light not arise?

He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.

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.

He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.

When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

(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.

If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

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.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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

Behold, he spreads his light around him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.

And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it

And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it

By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.