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\c 3
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\v 1 Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
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\v 2 He said,
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\q1
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\v 3 "I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated,
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\q2 the night when I was born.
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\v 4 I wish that the day when I was born could have been dark.
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\q2 I wish that God who is in heaven would forget about that day,
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\q2 and that the sun would not have shone on it.
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\q1
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\v 5 I wish that thick darkness would have filled that day,
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\q1 and that death would have come over it like a shadow
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\q2 and blotted out all light,
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\q2 and caused the people then to be terrified.
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\v 6 I wish that the night when I was born would be erased from the calendar,
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\q2 that it would never again appear as one night in any month,
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\q2 and that it would not be included in any calendar.
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\q1
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\v 7 I wish that no child would again be born on that date,
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\q2 and that no one would again be happy then.
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\v 8 The magicians who are able to awaken the great sea monster—I want them to curse the day I was born.
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\v 9 I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day after I was born may not shine again.
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\q2 If only those stars had wished in vain for light to shine,
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\q2 and that they had not shone on that day.
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\v 10 That was an evil day because my mother's womb was not closed;
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\q2 instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
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\v 11 I wish that I had died when I was born;
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\q2 I wish I had perished when I came out from my mother's womb.
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\v 12 I wish that my mother had never welcomed me.
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\q2 I wish that she had not nursed me at her breasts.
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\v 13 If I had died at the time when I was born,
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\q2 I would now be asleep, resting peacefully.
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\v 14 I would be resting with kings who built beautiful tombs which are now in ruins,
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\q2 and I would be resting with their officials who have also died.
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\v 15 I would be resting with princes who were wealthy,
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\q2 whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
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\v 16 I wish that I had been buried like a child who had died in its mother's womb
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\q2 and never lived to see the light.
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\v 17 After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles;
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\q2 those who are very tired now will rest.
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\v 18 Those who were in prison rest peacefully after they die;
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\q2 they no longer have slave drivers who curse them.
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\v 19 Rich people and poor people are alike after they die,
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\q2 and those who were slaves no longer have to obey their masters.
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\v 20 Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly like me to continue to remain alive?
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\q2 Why does he allow them to live, those who are very miserable?
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\v 21 They long to die, but they do not die.
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\q2 They desire to die more than people desire to find hidden treasure.
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\v 22 When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
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\v 23 I do not understand why God keeps alive anyone whom he keeps from being happy,
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\q2 anyone whom he forces to live in misery.
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\v 24 I cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat;
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\q2 I groan as easily as a river flows with water.
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\v 25 Things that I always worried might happen to me—these things have happened to me;
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\q2 things that I always dreaded have come upon me.
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\v 26 Now I have no peace in my heart;
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\q2 I have no quietness;
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\q1 I cannot rest;
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\q2 instead, I have only troubles."
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