4 Let that day be turned to darkness.Let it be lost even to God on high,and let no light shine on it.
5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own.Let a black cloud overshadow it,and let the darkness terrify it.
6 Let that night be blotted off the calendar,never again to be counted among the days of the year,never again to appear among the months.
7 Let that night be childless.Let it have no joy.
8 Let those who are experts at cursing—whose cursing could rouse Leviathan—curse that day.
9 Let its morning stars remain dark.Let it hope for light, but in vain;may it never see the morning light.
10 Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb,for letting me be born to see all this trouble.