Job 3:23
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Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.