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AfterH310 thisH3651 openedH6605 JobH347 his mouth,H6310 and cursedH7043 his day.H3117
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And JobH347 spoke,H6030 and said,H559
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Let the dayH3117 perishH6 wherein I was born,H3205 and the nightH3915 in which it was said,H559 There is a manH1397 child conceived.H2029
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Let that dayH3117 be darkness;H2822 let not GodH433 regardH1875 it from above,H4605 neitherH408 let the lightH5105 shineH3313 on it.
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Let darknessH2822 and the shadowH6757 of deathH6757 stainH1351 it; let a cloudH6053 dwellH7931 on it; let the blacknessH3650 of the dayH3117 terrifyH1204 it.
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As for that night,H3915 let darknessH652 seizeH3947 on it; let it not be joinedH2302 to the daysH3117 of the year,H8141 let it not comeH935 into the numberH4557 of the months.H3391
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See,H2009 let that nightH3915 be solitary,H1565 let noH408 joyfulH7445 voice comeH935 therein.
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Let them curseH5344 it that curseH779 the day,H3117 who are readyH6264 to raiseH5782 up their mourning.H3882
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Let the starsH3556 of the twilightH5399 thereof be dark;H2821 let it lookH6960 for light,H216 but have none;H369 neitherH408 let it seeH7200 the dawningH6079 of the day:H7837
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BecauseH3588 it shutH5462 not up the doorsH1817 of my mother's womb,H990 nor hidH5641 sorrowH5999 from my eyes.H5869
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WhyH4100 diedH4191 I not from the womb?H7358 why did I not giveH1478 up the ghostH1478 when I cameH3318 out of the belly?H990
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WhyH4069 did the kneesH1290 preventH6923 me? or whyH4069 the breastsH7699 that I should suck?H3243
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For nowH6258 should I have lainH7901 still and been quiet,H8252 I should have slept:H3462 thenH227 had I been at rest,H5117
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With kingsH4428 and counsellorsH3289 of the earth,H776 which buildH1129 desolateH2723 placesH2723 for themselves;
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OrH176 with princesH8269 that had gold,H2091 who filledH4390 their housesH1004 with silver:H3701
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OrH176 as an hiddenH2934 untimelyH5309 birthH5309 I had not been;H1961 as infantsH5768 which neverH3808 sawH7200 light.H216
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ThereH8033 the wickedH7563 ceaseH2308 from troubling;H7267 and thereH8033 the wearyH3019 be at rest.H5117
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There the prisonersH615 restH7599 together;H3162 they hearH8085 not the voiceH6963 of the oppressor.H5065
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The smallH6996 and greatH1419 are there;H8033 and the servantH5650 is freeH2670 from his master.H113
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WhyH4100 is lightH216 givenH5414 to him that is in misery,H6001 and lifeH2416 to the bitterH4751 in soul;H5315
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Which longH2442 for death,H4194 but it comes not; and digH2658 for it more than for hidH4301 treasures;H4301
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Which rejoiceH8055 exceedingly,H413 H1524 and are glad,H7797 whenH3588 they can findH4672 the grave?H6913
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Why is light given to a manH1397 whoseH834 wayH1870 is hid,H5641 and whom GodH433 has hedgedH5526 in?
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For my sighingH585 comesH935 beforeH6440 I eat,H3899 and my roaringsH7581 are pouredH5413 out like the waters.H4325
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For the thing which I greatly fearedH6342 is comeH857 on me, and that whichH834 I was afraidH3025 of is comeH935 to me.
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I was not in safety,H7951 neitherH3808 had I rest,H8252 neitherH3808 was I quiet;H5117 yet troubleH7267 came.H935
