AfterthisopenedJobhis mouth, and cursedhis day. And Jobspoke, and said, Let the dayperishwherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man childconceived. Let thatdaybedarkness; let notGodregardit from above, neitherlet the lightshineuponit. Let darknessand the shadow of deathstainit; let a clouddwelluponit; let the blacknessof the dayterrifyit. As for thatnight, let darknessseize uponit; let it notbe joinedunto the daysof the year, let it notcomeinto the numberof the months. Lo, let thatnightbesolitary, let nojoyful voicecometherein. Let them curseit that cursethe day, who are readyto raise uptheir mourning. Let the starsof the twilightthereof be dark; let it lookfor light, but have none; neitherlet it seethe dawningof the day: Becauseit shut not upthe doorsof my mother's womb, nor hidsorrowfrom mine eyes. WhydiedI notfrom the womb? why did I not give up the ghostwhen I came outof the belly? Whydid the kneespreventme? or whythe breaststhatI should suck? Fornowshould I have lain stilland been quiet, I should have slept: thenhad I been at rest, Withkingsand counselorsof the earth, which builtdesolate placesfor themselves; Orwithprincesthat had gold, who filledtheir houseswith silver: Oras a hiddenuntimely birthI had notbeen; as infants which neversawlight. Therethe wickedcease from troubling; and therethe wearybe at rest. There the prisonersresttogether; they hearnotthe voiceof the oppressor. The smalland greatare there; and the servant is freefrom his master. Whereforeis lightgivento him that is in misery, and lifeunto the bitter in soul; Which longfor death, but it cometh not; and digfor it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoiceexceedingly, and are glad, whenthey can findthe grave? Why is light given to a manwhosewayis hid, and whomGodhath hedged in? Formy sighingcomethbeforeI eat, and my roaringsare poured outlike the waters. Forthe thing which I greatly fearedis come uponme, and that whichI was afraid ofis comeunto me. I was notin safety, neitherhad I rest, neitherwas I quiet; yet troublecame.