²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?

⁸ He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.

⁷ He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

²⁷ Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

⁶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her, That she can't find her way.

⁹ He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

⁸ You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

⁸ You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

¹² His troops come on together, Build a siege ramp against me, And encamp around my tent.

⁶ Know now that God has subverted me, And has surrounded me with his net.

¹⁴ Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.