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

^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;

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