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

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!
May those curse it who curse the day,
Those (A)who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the [a]dawning of the day;

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  1. Job 3:9 eyelids of the dawn