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Job 3

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Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

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And Job said,

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" Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, "A boy is conceived.'

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"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.

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"Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

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"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

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"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;

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Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.

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" Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

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"Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?

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"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

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Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.

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"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.

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"There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

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"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

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"The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.

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"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,

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Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

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Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave?

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"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?

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"For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.

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"For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.

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"I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.' 4

Job 4

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

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"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

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"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.

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"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.

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"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

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"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.

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"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

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"The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

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"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.

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"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

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Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.

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"Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up.

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"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice:

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"Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

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" He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.

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"How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

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" Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever.

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"Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.' 5

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