'May' in the Bible

May the day I was born perish,and the night when they said,“A boy is conceived.”

If only that day had turned to darkness!May God above not care about it,or light shine on it.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,and a cloud settle over it.May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.

If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the yearor be listed in the calendar.

Yes, may that night be barren;may no joyful shout be heard in it.

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,but the fangs of young lions are broken.

Earth, do not cover my blood;may my cry for help find no resting place.

then be afraid of the sword,because wrath brings punishment by the sword,so that you may know there is a judgment.

His bones may be full of youthful vigor,but will lie down with him in the grave.

Bear with me while I speak;then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

May my enemy be like the wickedand my opponent like the unjust.

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Food may come from the earth,but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

He dams up the streams from flowingso that he may bring to light what is hidden.

For God speaks time and again,but a person may not notice it.

A person may be disciplined on his bed with painand constant distress in his bones,

in order to turn him back from the Pit,so he may shine with the light of life.

serve as His sign to all mankind,so that all men may know His work.

when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;your proud waves stop here”?

so it may seize the edges of the earthand shake the wicked out of it?

She forgets that a foot may crush themor that some wild animal may trample them.

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.