23  Why is light given to a man whose ^vway is hidden,

whom God has ^whedged in?

24  For my sighing comes ^xinstead of¹ my bread,

and my ^ygroanings are poured out like water.

25  ^zFor the thing that I fear comes upon me,

and what I dread befalls me.

4  For ^athe arrows of the Almighty are in me;

my spirit drinks their poison;

the terrors of God are arrayed against me.