²³ To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

⁸ My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

⁷ He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

²⁷ Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

⁶ For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

⁹ He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

⁸ You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

⁸ And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

¹² His armies come on together, they make their road high against me, and put up their tents round mine.

⁶ Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

¹⁴ Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.