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22 who would rejoice to see the grave
    and exult on reaching the tomb,
23 who are unable to find their way
    and whom God has hemmed in on every side?[a]
24 “Sighs are for me my only food,
    and my groans pour forth like water.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:23 Earlier in the Book, Job is said to have been in God’s safekeeping (Job 1:10). Now Job feels that God has hemmed him in on every side, leaving him in turmoil (see v. 26).