Job 3:23

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my chain heavy.

Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.

“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.

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

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

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Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,

“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He

imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my

chain heavy.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.