Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in?
When he tears ⌞something⌟ down, it cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, that person cannot be freed.
You put my feet in shackles. You follow my trail by engraving marks on the soles of my feet.
His troops assemble against me. They build a ramp to attack me and camp around my tent.
then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.
“God has blocked my path so that I can’t go on. He has made my paths dark.
They are ecstatic, delighted to find the grave.
You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I’m shut in, and I can’t get out.
My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Lord. I stretch out my hands to you ⌞in prayer⌟.
Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why do you say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my rights are ignored by my God”?
He has blocked me so that I can’t get out. He has put heavy chains on me.
He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked.
“That is why I will block her way with thornbushes and build a wall so that she can’t get through.