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May the day perish on which I was born ,
And the night in which it was said , "
A male child is conceived .'
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May that day be darkness ;
May God above not seek it ,
Nor the light shine upon it .
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May darkness and the shadow of death claim it ;
May a cloud settle on it ;
May the blackness of the day terrify it .
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As for that night ,
may darkness seize it ;
May it not rejoice among the days of the year ,
May it not come into the number of the months .
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Oh ,
may that night be barren !
May no joyful shout come into it !
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May those curse it who curse the day ,
Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan .
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May the stars of its morning be dark ;
May it look for light ,
but have none ,
And not see the dawning of the day ;
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Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother '
s womb ,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes .
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Why did I not die at birth ?
Why did I not perish when I came from the womb ?
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Why did the knees receive me ?
Or why the breasts ,
that I should nurse ?
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For now I would have lain still and been quiet ,
I would have been asleep ;
Then I would have been at rest
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With kings and counselors of the earth ,
Who built ruins for themselves ,
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Or with princes who had gold ,
Who filled their houses with silver ;
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Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child ,
Like infants who never saw light ?
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There the wicked cease from troubling ,
And there the weary are at rest .
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There the prisoners rest together ;
They do not hear the voice of the oppressor .
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The small and great are there ,
And the servant is free from his master .
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Why is light given to him who is in misery ,
And life to the bitter of soul ,
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Who long for death ,
but it does not come ,
And search for it more than hidden treasures ;
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Who rejoice exceedingly ,
And are glad when they can 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 sighing comes before I eat ,
And my groanings pour out like water .
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For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me ,
And what I dreaded has happened to me .
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I am not at ease ,
nor am I quiet ;
I have no rest ,
for trouble comes ."