²³ To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

⁸ My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

⁷ He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

²⁷ Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'

⁶ Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

⁹ He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

⁸ Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.

⁸ And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

¹² Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.

⁶ Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

¹⁴ Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.