7. May that night be alone and unworthy of praise.
8. May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.
9. Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.
10. For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.
11. Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
12. Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
13. For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
14. with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
15. either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,
16. or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.
17. There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
18. And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.
19. The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
20. Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,