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

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

Let darkness and the shades of death stain 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 be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

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

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

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it.

I lothe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?

Let him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shades of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.

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

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

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

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

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

They change the night into day: the light is short because 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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

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

That they were graven with an iron pen in lead, in the rock for ever!

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

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

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

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

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

My righteousness I hold fast, 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 he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid he bringeth forth to light.

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

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; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.

If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if 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 arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

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

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles to man.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken to me.

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the intervening cloud.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;

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

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

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

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