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May darkness and gloom claim it,
    clouds settle upon it,
    blackness of day[a] affright it!
May obscurity seize that night;
    may it not be counted among the days of the year,
    nor enter into the number of the months!
May that night be barren;
    let no joyful outcry greet it!

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  1. 3:5 Blackness of day: that is, an eclipse.