“^(A)Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The ^(B)Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

³ “^(A)May the day on which I was to be born perish,
As well as the night which said, ‘A ^[c]boy is conceived.’
⁴ May that day be darkness;
May God above not care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
⁵ May ^(B)darkness and black gloom claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
⁶ As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not rejoice among the days of the year;
May it not come into the number of the months.
⁷ Behold, may that night be barren;
May no joyful shout enter it.
⁸ May those curse it who curse the day,
Who are ^[d]prepared to ^(C)disturb Leviathan.
⁹ May the stars of its twilight be darkened;
May it wait for light but have none,
And may it not see the ^[e]breaking dawn;
¹⁰ Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.