Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let clouds settle on it; let them terrify it [with the] blackness of day.

Let darkness seize that night; let it not rejoice among [the] days of [the] year; let it not enter among [the] number of [the] months.

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but there be none, and let it not see [the] eyelids of dawn

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out.

Let me speak {that I may find relief}; let me open my lips, and let me answer.

Look, let that night become barren; let a joyful song not enter it.

Let his eyes see his decay, and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,

"{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].

let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.

let my wife grind for another, and let other [men] kneel over her,

[then] let my shoulder blade fall from [my] shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

I thought, 'Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.'

{Please let me not show partiality to anyone}, and let me not show flattery to human beings,

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--