23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(A)
    whom God has hedged in?(B)

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

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23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
(A)And whom God has hedged in?

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23 Why is light given to a man whose (A)way is hidden,
    whom God has (B)hedged in?

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15 From my youth(A) I have suffered(B) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(C) and am in despair.(D)
16 Your wrath(E) has swept over me;
    your terrors(F) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(G)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(H) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

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15 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have [a]cut me off.
17 They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
18 (A)Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:16 destroyed me

15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[a]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your (A)dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They (B)surround me like a flood (C)all day long;
    they (D)close in on me together.
18 You have caused (E)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion