8. May those curse it who curse the day,Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
9. May the stars of its morning be dark;May it look for light, but have none,And not see the dawning of the day;
10. Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
11. “Why did I not die at birth?Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?
12. Why did the knees receive me?Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13. For now I would have lain still and been quiet,I would have been asleep;Then I would have been at rest
14. With kings and counselors of the earth,Who built ruins for themselves,
15. Or with princes who had gold,Who filled their houses with silver;
16. Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,Like infants who never saw light?