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Job 3:3-10

3Let thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6when I wasbornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205, and thenightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915in which it wassaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, There is a manchildגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.

4Let thatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117bedarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822; let notGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875it fromaboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, neither let thelightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon it.

5Letdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow ofdeathוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757stainיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it; let acloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931upon it; let theblacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of thedayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As for thatnightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915, letdarknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947upon it; let it not bejoinedיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302to thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of theyearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141, let it notcomeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into thenumberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of themonthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

7Lo, let thatnightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915besolitaryגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565, let no joyfulvoiceרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445comeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935in it.

8Let themcurseH5344it thatcurseאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779thedayי֑וֹםYomH3117, who arereadyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264to raiseupעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782theirmourningלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.

9Let thestarsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of itstwilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399bedarkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821; let itlookיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960forlightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but have none; neither let itseeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200thedawningבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of thedayשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:

10Because it shut notupסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462thedoorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990, norhidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641sorrowעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from myeyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.

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