9 May its morning stars become dark;

may it wait for daylight in vain

and not see the first rays of dawn,

10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me

to hide trouble from my eyes.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark;

Let it look for light, but have none;

Neither let it see the dawning of the day:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

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.

9 May the stars of its morning be dark;

May it look for light, but have none,

And not see the dawning of the day;

10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

9 Let that day’s morning stars never appear;

let it wait for daylight that never comes.

Don’t let it see the first light of dawn,

10 because it allowed me to be born

and did not hide trouble from my eyes.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark:

Let it look for light, but have none;

Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn: 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

9 Let its stars turn dark before dawn. 

Let it hope for light and receive none. 

Let it not see the first light of dawn 

10 because it did not shut the doors of the womb ⸤from which I came⸥ 

or hide my eyes from trouble. 

9 May its morning stars grow dark.

May it wait for daylight but have none;

may it not see the breaking of dawn.

10 For that night did not shut

the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide sorrow from my eyes.

9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;

let it hope for light, but have none;

may it not see the eyelids of the morning—

10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide trouble from my eyes.

9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;

let it hope for light but there be none,

and let it not see the eyelids of dawn

10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

9 May its morning stars become dark.

May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight.

May it not see the first light of the morning sun.

10 It didn’t keep my mother from letting me be born.

It didn’t keep my eyes from seeing trouble.

9 “Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;

Let it wait for light but have none,

And let it not see the breaking dawn;

10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,

Or hide trouble from my eyes.