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

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

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim 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 barren; let no joyful voice come in it.

Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none. Let it not see the eyelids of the dawn.

or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have been, like infants who did not see light.

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

Oh that my grief were but weighed, and my ruin laid in the balances together!

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

I despise them; I will not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity.

Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear 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 your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

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

They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunkard.

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

Listen carefully to my words, and let what I say be in your ears.

Withdraw Your hand far from me, and let not Your fear make me afraid.

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

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

Let not he being deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his reward.

Oh earth, do not cover my blood, and let not my cry have a place.

They set night for day; the light is near in the face of darkness.

Yes, 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 shall be put out with him.

The pitfall is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

They drive him from light to darkness, and they make him flee from the world.

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

Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.

You shall also order a thing, and it shall be fulfilled to you; and the light shall shine on your ways.

For He fulfilled my lot, and many things like these are with Him.

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

Is there any number of His armies? And on whom does not His light arise?

He has described a circle on the surface of the waters to the boundary of light with darkness.

I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.

Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me as the perverse.

He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.

when His lamp shone on my head; I walked through darkness by His light;

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

I smiled kindly on them when they did not believe; and they did not make the light of my face fall.

When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.

let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.

then let me sow, and let another eat; and let my harvests be rooted out.

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

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

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

if I looked to the light when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

then let me tremble before a great multitude, and be terrified by the scorn of families; and I will be silent and not go out the door.

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my mark. Let the Almighty answer me, and my Accuser write an indictment.

let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

His flesh wastes away, not seen; and his bones laid bare; they were not seen.

He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

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

Behold, He spreads His light on it, and He covers the bottom of the sea.

And now men cannot look upon the light; it is in the clouds; but the wind passes and clears them.

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!

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

Where is the way where light dwells? And where is the place of darkness,

How is it, the way the light is distributed, and how does the east wind spread itself on the earth?

Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

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