^8 (A)He has ^[a]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.

²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
^(A)And whom God has hedged in?

⁹ He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.

^8 (A)You have ^[a]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
^(B)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

¹² “Therefore^(A) their way shall be to them
Like slippery ways;
In the darkness they shall be driven on
And fall in them;
For I ^(B)will bring disaster on them,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.

^16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes ^(B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are ^(C)looking for light,
He turns it into ^(D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.