Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Job 3:2
And this is what he said:
Job 3:3
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
Job 3:4
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Job 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Job 3:6
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Job 3:7
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
Job 3:8
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Job 3:9
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Job 3:10
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
Job 3:11
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Job 3:12
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
Job 3:13
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Job 3:14
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Job 3:15
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Job 3:18
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Job 3:19
Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
Job 3:20
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Job 3:21
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Job 3:22
who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
Job 3:23
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Job 3:25
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Job 3:26
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”