Job 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

“Let the day ^H3117 perish ^H6 on which I was to be born ^H3205,

And the night ^H3915 which said ^H559, ‘A man ^H1397 is conceived ^H2029.’

“May that day ^H3117 be darkness ^H2822;

Let not God ^H433 seek ^H1875 it from above ^H4605,

Nor ^H408 light ^H5105 shine ^H3313 on it.

“Let darkness ^H2822 and shadow ^H6757 of death ^H6757 redeem ^H1350 it;

Let a cloud ^H6053 dwell ^H7931 upon it;

Let the blackness ^H3650 of the day ^H3117 terrify ^H1204 it.

“As for that night ^H3915, let thick ^H652 darkness ^H652 take ^H3947 it;

Let it not rejoice ^H2302 among the days ^H3117 of the year ^H8141;

Let it not come ^H935 into the number ^H4557 of the months ^H3391.

“Behold ^H2009, let that night ^H3915 be barren ^H1565;

Let no ^H408 joyful ^H7445 shout ^H7445 enter ^H935 it.

“Let those curse ^H6895 it who curse ^H779 the day ^H3117,

Who are [fn]ready ^H6264 to rouse ^H5782 Leviathan ^H3882.

“Let the stars ^H3556 of its twilight ^H5399 be darkened ^H2821;

Let it hope ^H6960 for light ^H216 but have ^H369 none ^H369,

And let it not see ^H7200 the [fn]breaking ^H6079 dawn ^H7837,

Because ^H3588 it did not shut ^H5462 the opening ^H1817 of my mother’s [fn]body ^H990,

Or hide ^H5641 trouble ^H5999 from my eyes ^H5869.

“Why ^H4100 did I not die ^H4191 from the womb ^H7358,

Come ^H3318 forth ^H3318 from the womb ^H990 and breathe ^H1478 my last ^H1478?

“Why ^H4069 did the knees ^H1290 receive ^H6923 me,

And why ^H4100 the breasts ^H7699, that I should suck ^H3243?

“For now ^H6258 I would have lain ^H7901 down ^H7901 and been ^H8252 quiet ^H8252;

I would have slept ^H3462 then ^H227; it would have been ^H5117 rest ^H5117 to me,

With kings ^H4428 and with counselors ^H3289 of the earth ^H776,

Who rebuilt ^H1129 waste ^H2723 places ^H2723 for themselves,

Or ^H176 with princes ^H8269 who had gold ^H2091,

Who were filling ^H4390 their houses ^H1004 with silver ^H3701.

“Or ^H176 why was I not like a miscarriage ^H5309 hidden ^H2934 away ^H2934,

As infants ^H5768 that never ^H3808 saw ^H7200 light ^H216?

“There ^H8033 the wicked ^H7563 cease ^H2308 from raging ^H7267,

And there ^H8033 the weary ^H3019 of strength ^H3581 are ^H5117 at ^H5117 rest ^H5117.

“The prisoners ^H615 are ^H7599 at ^H7599 ease ^H7599 together ^H3162;

They do not hear ^H8085 the voice ^H6963 of the taskmaster ^H5065.

“The small ^H6996 and the great ^H1419 are there ^H8033,

And the slave ^H5650 is free ^H2670 from his master ^H113.

“Why ^H4100 is light ^H216 given ^H5414 to him who ^H6001 is troubled ^H6001,

And life ^H2416 to the bitter ^H4751 of soul ^H5315,

Who [fn]long ^H2442 for death ^H4194, but there ^H369 is ^H369 none ^H369,

And dig ^H2658 for it more ^H4480 than ^H4480 for hidden ^H4301 treasures ^H4301,

Who are glad ^H8056 with joy ^H413 H1524,

And rejoice ^H7797 when ^H3588 they find ^H4672 the grave ^H6913?

“Why is light given to a man ^H1397 whose ^H834 way ^H1870 is hidden ^H5641,

And whom God ^H433 has hedged ^H7753 in?

“For my groaning ^H585 comes ^H935 at the sight ^H6440 of my food ^H3899,

And my roaring ^H7581 pours ^H5413 out ^H5413 like water ^H4325.

“For the dread ^H6343 that I dread ^H6342 comes ^H857 upon me,

And what ^H834 I am afraid ^H3025 of befalls ^H935 me.

“I am ^H7951 not complacent ^H7951, nor ^H3808 am ^H8252 I quiet ^H8252,

And I am ^H5117 not at ^H5117 rest ^H5117, and raging ^H7267 comes ^H935.”