Job 3:1, 8 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day….Let them curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Job’s suffering and misery was so great that he cursed the day he was born. It would have been better that he had never lived than to live like this. In Job’s day, people were hired to pronounce curses. He wanted these professional cursers to curse the day of his birth, and do it loudly. Though he did not curse God, as his wife told him to, he did curse himself. And he implied that God shouldn’t have created him.
It is our natural human, sinful reaction to want to curse something when things go wrong or when we are in pain. However, to use God’s name to do so is a sin against the Second Commandment. In Chapter 1, Job did not sin with his lips, but here he comes very close. He felt it would be better never to be born than to be forsaken by God. Job was struggling emotionally, physically, and spiritually. His misery was pervasive and deep.
We need to be careful not to underestimate our vulnerability during times of suffering and pain. We hold on to our faith, no matter what.