1. Finally, Job cursed the dayof his birth
2. by saying to God:
3. Blot out the day of my birthand the night when my parentscreated a son.
4. Forget about that day,cover it with darkness,
5. and send thick, gloomy shadowsto fill it with dread.
6. Erase that night from the calendarand conceal it with darkness.
7. Don't let children be createdor joyful shouts be heardever again in that night.
18-19. Everyone is there—where captives and slavesare free at last.