underworld, from turmoil and confinement on earth to liberation and peace in Sheol.2 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said: 3:1 Job opened his mouth and cursed. “In this speech we are suddenly plunged out of the epic grandeur and deliberateness of the prologue into the dramatic turmoil of the poetry, from the external description of suffering to Job’s inner experience.”3 The reader is as shocked as Job’s friends must have been