Job Laments his Birth
1Afterthis openedJobhis mouth,and cursedhis day.2And Jobspake,and said,
3Let the dayperishwherein I was born,and the night[in which] it was said,There is a man childconceived.
4Let that daybe darkness;let not Godregardit from above,neither let the lightshineupon it.
5Let darknessand the shadow of deathstainit; let a clouddwellupon it; let the blacknessof the dayterrifyit.
6As [for] that night,let darknessseizeupon it; let it not be joinedunto the daysof the year,let it not comeinto the numberof the months.
7Lo, let that nightbe solitary,let no joyful voicecometherein.
8Let them curseit that cursethe day,who are readyto raise uptheir mourning.
9Let the starsof the twilightthereof be dark;let it lookfor light,but [have] none; neither let it seethe dawningof the day:
10Because it shut not upthe doorsof my [mother's] womb,nor hidsorrowfrom mine eyes.
11Why diedI not from the womb?[why] did I [not] give up the ghostwhen I came outof the belly?
12Why did the kneespreventme? or why the breaststhat I should suck?
13For now should I have lain stilland been quiet,I should have slept:then had I been at rest,
14With kingsand counsellorsof the earth,which builtdesolate placesfor themselves;
15Or with princesthat had gold,who filledtheir houseswith silver:
16Or as an hiddenuntimely birthI had not been; as infants[which] never sawlight.
17There the wickedcease[from] troubling;and there the wearybe at rest.
18[There] the prisonersresttogether;they hearnot the voiceof the oppressor.
19The smalland greatare there; and the servant[is] freefrom his master.
20Wherefore is lightgivento him that is in misery,and lifeunto the bitter[in] soul;
21Which longfor death,but it [cometh] not; and digfor it more than for hid treasures;
22Which rejoiceexceedingly,[and] are glad,when they can findthe grave?
23[Why is light given] to a manwhose wayis hid,and whom Godhath hedged in?
24For my sighingcomethbeforeI eat,and my roaringsare poured outlike the waters.
25For the thing which I greatlyfearedis comeupon me, and that which I was afraidof is comeunto me.
26I was not in safety,neither had I rest,neither was I quiet;yet troublecame.
