<vn='1'><sn="310">After</s><sn="3651">this</s><sn="6605">opened</s><sn="347">Job</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="7043">cursed</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="347">Job</s><sn="6030">spoke</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>Let the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="6">perish</s> wherein I was <sn="3205">born</s>, and the <sn="3915">night</s> in which it was <sn="559">said</s>, There is a man <sn="1397">child</s><sn="2029">conceived</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Let <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="2822">darkness</s>; let <sn="408">not</s><sn="433">God</s><sn="1875">regard</s> it from <sn="4480 4605">above</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> let the <sn="5105">light</s><sn="3313">shine</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it. </v>
<vn='5'>Let <sn="2822">darkness</s> and the shadow of <sn="6757">death</s><sn="1350">stain</s> it; let a <sn="6053">cloud</s><sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it; let the <sn="3650">blackness</s> of the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="1204">terrify</s> it. </v>
<vn='6'>As for <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s>, let <sn="652">darkness</s> seize <sn="3947">upon</s> it; let it <sn="408">not</s> be <sn="2302">joined</s> unto the <sn="3117">days</s> of the <sn="8141">year</s>, let it <sn="408">not</s><sn="935">come</s> into the <sn="4557">number</s> of the <sn="3391">months</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2009">Lo</s>, let <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="1565">solitary</s>, let <sn="408">no</s> joyful <sn="7445">voice</s><sn="935">come</s> therein. </v>
<vn='8'>Let them <sn="5344">curse</s> it that <sn="779">curse</s> the <sn="3117">day</s>, who are <sn="6264">ready</s> to raise <sn="5782">up</s> their <sn="3882">mourning</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Let the <sn="3556">stars</s> of the <sn="5399">twilight</s> thereof be <sn="2821">dark</s>; let it <sn="6960">look</s> for <sn="216">light</s>, but have <sn="369">none</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> let it <sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="6079">dawning</s> of the <sn="7837">day</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">Because</s> it shut not <sn="3808 5462">up</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of my mother's <sn="990">womb</s>, nor <sn="5641">hid</s><sn="5999">sorrow</s> from mine <sn="4480 5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="4191">died</s> I <sn="3808">not</s> from the <sn="4480 7358">womb</s>? why did I not give up the <sn="1478">ghost</s> when I came <sn="3318">out</s> of the <sn="4480 990">belly</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="4069">Why</s> did the <sn="1290">knees</s><sn="6923">prevent</s> me? or <sn="4100">why</s> the <sn="7699">breasts</s><sn="3588">that</s> I should <sn="3243">suck</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6258">now</s> should I have lain <sn="7901">still</s> and been <sn="8252">quiet</s>, I should have <sn="3462">slept</s>: <sn="227">then</s> had I been at <sn="5117">rest</s>, </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5973">With</s><sn="4428">kings</s> and <sn="3289">counselors</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, which <sn="1129">built</s> desolate <sn="2723">places</s> for themselves; </v>
<vn='15'><sn="176">Or</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="8269">princes</s> that had <sn="2091">gold</s>, who <sn="4390">filled</s> their <sn="1004">houses</s> with <sn="3701">silver</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="176">Or</s> as a <sn="2934">hidden</s> untimely <sn="5309">birth</s> I had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">been</s>; as <sn="5768">infants</s> which <sn="3808">never</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="8033">There</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="2308">cease</s> from <sn="7267">troubling</s>; and <sn="8033">there</s> the <sn="3019 3581">weary</s> be at <sn="5117">rest</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> There the <sn="615">prisoners</s><sn="7599">rest</s><sn="3162">together</s>; they <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="5065">oppressor</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="6996">small</s> and <sn="1419">great</s> are <sn="8033">there</s>; and the <sn="5650">servant</s> is <sn="2670">free</s> from his <sn="4480 113">master</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> is <sn="216">light</s><sn="5414">given</s> to him that is in <sn="6001">misery</s>, and <sn="2416">life</s> unto the <sn="4751">bitter</s> in <sn="5315">soul</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>Which <sn="2442">long</s> for <sn="4194">death</s>, but it cometh <sn="369">not</s>; and <sn="2658">dig</s> for it more than for hid <sn="4480 4301">treasures</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>Which <sn="8056">rejoice</s><sn="413 1524">exceedingly</s>, and are <sn="7797">glad</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> they can <sn="4672">find</s> the <sn="6913">grave</s>? </v>
<vn='23'> Why is light given to a <sn="1397">man</s><sn="834">whose</s><sn="1870">way</s> is <sn="5641">hid</s>, and <sn="1157">whom</s><sn="433">God</s> hath hedged <sn="5526">in</s>? </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">For</s> my <sn="585">sighing</s><sn="935">cometh</s><sn="6440">before</s> I <sn="3899">eat</s>, and my <sn="7581">roarings</s> are poured <sn="5413">out</s> like the <sn="4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3588">For</s> the thing which I greatly <sn="6343 6342">feared</s> is come <sn="857">upon</s> me, and that <sn="834">which</s> I was afraid <sn="3025">of</s> is <sn="935">come</s> unto me. </v>
<vn='26'>I was <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="7951">safety</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> had I <sn="8252">rest</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> was I <sn="5117">quiet</s>; yet <sn="7267">trouble</s><sn="935">came</s>. </v>