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Look, let that night become[a] barren;
let a joyful song not enter it.
Let those who curse the day curse it,
those who are skilled at rousing Leviathan.
Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light but[b] there be none,
and let it not see the eyelids of dawn

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  1. Job 3:7 Or “be”
  2. Job 3:9 Hebrew “and”

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