3
"Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which said, 'A man-child is conceived.'
4
Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.
5
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.