23 Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,(A)
whom God has hedged in?
24 I sigh when food(B) is put before me,[a]
and my groans pour out like water.(C)
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:24 Or My sighing serves as my food

23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(A)
    whom God has hedged in?(B)
24 For sighing(C) has become my daily food;(D)
    my groans(E) pour out like water.(F)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
    what I dreaded(G) has happened to me.(H)

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