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I wish that night had produced nothing
    and no happy shouts had been heard.
Some magicians think they can wake Leviathan.[a]
    So let them say their curses and curse the day I was born.
Let that day’s morning star be dark.
    Let that night wait for a morning that never comes.
    I wish it had never seen the first rays of sunlight.

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  1. Job 3:8 Leviathan Here, this is probably a giant sea monster. Some people thought magicians were able to make it “swallow the sun,” that is, cause an eclipse.

May that night be barren;
    may no shout of joy(A) be heard in it.
May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(B)
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(C)
May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,(D)

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  1. Job 3:8 Or curse the sea