He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

{Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. {make...: Heb. wall a wall}

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery {ways} in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, {even} the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

When I looked for good, then evil came {unto me}: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, {and} make {it} gross darkness.

{Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. {make...: Heb. wall a wall}

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, {neither} hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait {into} a broad place, where {there is} no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table {should be} full of fatness. {that...: Heb. the rest of thy table}

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Or darkness, {that} thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.

When I looked for good, then evil came {unto me}: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.