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 \q
 \v 2 He said,
 \q
-\v 3 "Let the day on which I was born perish,
+\v 3 "May the day on which I was born perish,
 \q the night that said, 'A boy has been conceived.'
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 4 Let that day be darkness;
-\q let not God from above call it to mind,
-\q neither let the sunlight shine on it.
+\v 4 May that day be dark;
+\q may not God from above call it to mind,
+\q neither may the sun shine on it.
 \q
-\v 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own;
-\q let a cloud live over it;
-\q let everything that makes the day black truly terrify it.
+\v 5 May darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own.
+\q May a cloud live over it;
+\q may everything that makes the day black truly terrify it.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize it.
-\q Do not let it rejoice among the days of the year;
-\q do not let it come into the number of the months.
+\v 6 As for that night, may thick darkness seize it.
+\q May it not rejoice among the days of the year;
+\q may it not come into the number of the months.
 \q
-\v 7 See, let that night be barren;
-\q let no joyful voice come into it.
+\v 7 See, may that night be barren;
+\q may no joyful voice come into it.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 Let them curse that day,
+\v 8 May they curse that day,
 \q those who know how to wake up Leviathan.
 \q
-\v 9 Let the stars of that day's twilight be dark.
-\q Let that day look for light, but find none;
-\q neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn,
+\v 9 May the stars of that day's twilight be dark.
+\q May that day look for light, but find none;
+\q neither may it see the eyelids of the dawn,
 \q
 \v 10 because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb,
 \q and because it did not hide trouble from my eyes.