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    Job’s Opening Speech
    1After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
    2He said:
    3May the day I was born perish,
    and the night that said,
    “A boy is conceived.”3:3 Jb 5:7; Pr 23:25; Is 7:14
    4If only that day had turned to darkness!
    May God above not care about it,
    or light shine on it.
    5May darkness and gloom3:5 Jb 10:21–22; 12:22; 28:3 reclaim it,
    and a cloud settle over it.
    May what darkens the day terrify it.
    6If only darkness had taken that night away!
    May it not appear3:6 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads rejoice among the days of the year
    or be listed in the calendar.3:6 Lit or enter the number of months
    7Yes, may that night be barren;
    may no joyful shout3:7 Jb 20:5; Ps 63:5 be heard in it.
    8Let those who curse days
    condemn3:8 Nm 22:11,17; Jb 5:3; Pr 11:26 it,
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.3:8 Jb 41; Ps 74:14; 104:26
    9May its morning stars grow dark.
    May it wait for daylight but have none;
    may it not see the breaking3:9 Lit the eyelids of dawn.
    10For that night did not shut
    the doors of my mother’s womb,
    and hide sorrow from my eyes.

    11Why was I not stillborn;
    why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?3:10–11 Jb 1:21; 10:17–18; Jr 20:17–18
    12Why did the knees receive me,
    and why were there breasts for me to nurse?3:12 Sg 8:1; Is 66:12; Jl 2:16
    13Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
    I would be asleep.3:13 Ps 13:3; Jr 51:39,57; Mt 8:24
    Then I would be at rest3:13 Jb 17:16; Dn 12:13; Rv 14:13
    14with the kings and counselors3:14 Is 14:9; Jr 51:57; Ezk 32:29 of the earth,
    who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
    15or with princes who had gold,
    who filled their houses3:15 Jb 17:13; 30:23; Ec 12:5 with silver.
    16Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,3:16 Nm 12:12; Ps 58:8; Ec 6:3
    like infants who never see daylight?
    17There the wicked3:17 Jb 9:22; 11:20; 18:5 cease to make trouble,
    and there the weary find rest.
    18The captives are completely at rest;3:18 Pr 1:33; Jr 30:10; 46:27
    they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.3:18 Ex 3:7; 5:10,13–14; Jb 39:7
    19Both small and great are there,
    and the slave is set free from his master.3:19 Jb 9:22; Ec 9:2–3; Is 14:9–10

    20Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
    and life to those whose existence is bitter,3:20 Jb 23:2; Ps 71:20; Lm 1:4
    21who wait for death,3:21 1Kg 19:4; Jb 7:15; Jnh 4:3 but it does not come,
    and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
    22who are filled with much joy
    and are glad when they reach the grave?3:22 Jb 5:26; 10:19; 17:1
    23Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,3:23 Jb 19:8; Lm 3:9; Hs 2:6
    whom God has hedged in?
    24I sigh when food3:24 Jb 6:7; 33:20; Ps 102:4 is put before me,3:24 Or My sighing serves as my food
    and my groans pour out like water.3:24 Ps 6:6; 22:1,14; 32:3
    25For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
    and what I dreaded has happened to me.3:25 Jb 9:28; 13:11; 30:15
    26I cannot relax or be calm;
    I have no rest,3:26 Jb 30:17; Pr 25:2; Ec 2:23 for turmoil has come.

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