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23 A man whose path is hidden from him,
    one whom God has hemmed in![a]
24 For to me sighing comes more readily than food;
    my groans well forth like water.
25 For what I feared overtakes me;
    what I dreaded comes upon me.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:23 Hemmed in: contrast the same verb as used in 1:10.

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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