New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 3:3-10

3“Let the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6on which I was to be bornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205,And the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915whichsaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, ‘Aboyגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397is conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.’

4May that dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117be darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;Let not Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433aboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605careיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875for it,NorH408lightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313on it.

5Letdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and blackH6757gloomH6757claimיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it;Let a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053settleתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931on it;Let the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As forthat nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,let darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947it;Let it not rejoiceיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302among the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;Let it not comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into the numberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

7Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,let that nightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915be barrenגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565;Let noאַל־'al-H408joyfulH7445shoutH7445enterתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935it.

8Let those curseיִקְּבֻ֥הוּyi.ke.Vu.huH6895it who curseאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779the dayי֑וֹםYomH3117, Who arepreparedהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264torouseעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782Leviathanלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.

9Let the starsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of its twilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399be darkenedיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821;Let it waitיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960for lightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216but haveH369noneH369,And let it not seeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200thebreakingבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079dawnשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837;

10Becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588it did not shutסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462the openingדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990,Or hideוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641troubleעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from my eyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.

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