Job questions why light is given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has hedged in with darkness, articulating the apparent cruelty of keeping alive someone whose path is obscured and whose existence is circumscribed by suffering. The image of God hedging in Job with darkness inverts the typical image of divine protection, suggesting that God's activity has become a source of imprisonment rather than care. This questioning implies that God's preservation of life in the face of such suffering is incomprehensible.

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