Job 7

Job 7:2

2. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow.] Why may not I as passionately wish to see an end of life, as the slave in a hot day gasps for the refreshment of the shade; or the labourer longs for the evening, when he may rest and be paid for his pains? Bp. Patrick.

Job 7:3

3. So I am made, &c.] As if Job had said, When the servant hath wrought all day and is weary, he can lie down at night quietly and rest himself; but alas, the night is as troublesome and laborious to me as the day: