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Job 3:3-10

3“May the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117of my birthאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6,and the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915it was saidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, ‘A boyגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397is conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.’

4If only thatהַה֗וּאha.Hu'H1931dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117had turnedיְֽהִ֫יye.HiH1961to darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822!May Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433aboveאַֽל־ מִמָּ֑עַל'al- mi.Ma.'alH4605 H408disregard itיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ וְאַל־yid.re.She.hu ve.'al-H408 H1875; may nolightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon itעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921.

5May darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and gloomוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757reclaim itיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350,and a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053settleתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931over itעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921;may the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117overwhelm itיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204.

6If only darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652had takenהַהוּא֮ha.Hu'H1931that nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915awayיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947!May it notאַל־'al-H408appearיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302among the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;may it neverאַל־'al-H408be enteredיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935in anyבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

7Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,may thatהַ֭הוּאHa.hu'H1931nightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915beיְהִ֣יye.HiH1961barrenגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565;may noאַל־'al-H408joyful voiceרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445comeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935into it.

8May it be cursedאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779by those who curseיִקְּבֻ֥הוּyi.ke.Vu.huH6895the dayי֑וֹםYomH3117—those preparedהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264to rouseעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782Leviathanלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.

9May its morningנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399starsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556grow darkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821;may it waitיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960in vainוָאַ֑יִןva.'A.yinH369for daylightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216;may it notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408seeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200the breakingבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of dawnשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837.

10Forכִּ֤יkiH3588that night did notלֹ֣אlo'H3808shutסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462the doorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of the wombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990to hideוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641the sorrowעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from my eyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.

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