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

¹⁵ From my youth^(A) I have suffered^(B) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(C) and am in despair.^(D)
16 Your wrath^(E) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(F) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(G)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(H) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.