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But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;
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let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
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But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
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But let him that curses that day curse it, he that is ready to attack the great whale.
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Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain , and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:
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because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
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For why died I not in the belly? and did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
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and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
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Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
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with kings councillors of the earth, who gloried in swords;
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or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver: