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

⁸ He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(B)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(B)

²⁷ Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?^(A)

⁹ He has barred^(A) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.^(B)

⁸ You have taken from me my closest friends^(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(B) and cannot escape;^(C)

⁸ You have not given me into the hands^(A) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.^(B)

¹² His troops advance in force;^(A)
    they build a siege ramp^(B) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(C)