May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?
Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.